"It's a flaw with this format, it's difficult to get motivated" - Murray after Great Britain's Davis Cup fiasco

Great Britain had high hopes when they hosted a group of four nations in Glasgow but losses to the US and the Netherlands sealed their fate.

One of the players taking part in those matches was Andy Murray who played the doubles with Joe Salisbury. While battling barely in both matches, they lost twice and both of those were tie-clinching matches.

Murray doesn't like the new format and he was very clear about that: "Yeah, I mean, I have not met a player that loves playing dead rubbers and dead matches. Yeah, it's difficult to get motivated. Obviously, the way that we have lost these two matches as well makes that even tougher."

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"Yeah, it's a slight flaw with this format in that you have essentially, on the Sunday, on the final day, there is no tennis. Well, there's tennis, but it's kind of dead, irrelevant, the results of it. That's what brings the energy and the passion I think from the fans and the players. So, yeah, wish we were still alive on Sunday." concluded Murray after failing to help his nation secure the Davis Cup Finals.

The Netherlands will play the USA on Saturday to determine who will top Group D but as neither Britan nor Kazakhstan can advance further their clash on Sunday is meaningless.