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Murray misses funeral to play
- Updated: September 16, 2016
Andy Murray will miss his grandfather’s funeral on Friday in order to play for Great Britain against Argentina in the Davis Cup.
Murray will face Juan Martin Del Potro in a repeat of his Olympic singles final in Rio at the semi-final in Glasgow.
Gordon Murray, the father of Andy and his brother Jamie’s dad Willie, died last week and Jamie – who is not required to play until Saturday’s doubles rubber – will attend the funeral instead.
Andy missed the pre-tie press conference on Thursday as he attended a family gathering instead but Jamie was present.
The world No 2 should play on all three days of the tie after the only other doubles option – Dom Inglot – was left out in favour of Kyle Edmund and Dan Evans.
The Brits – who won the Davis Cup for the for time in 79 years last November against Belgium – are …
