It has been revealed that if rain hits the Davis Cup at the weekend, its a possibility that the tie will be switched to the indoor courts at the National Tennis Centre. With vastly smaller spectator facilities in there, this would mean home support is less of a factor and also the Croatian players are a lot more suited to fast indoor surfaces. Ivan Ljubicic has picked up numerous titles indoors.

Andy Murray told the Independent "After Federer I think Ljubicic is in the group of best hard-court indoor players in the world. His results have been great. He's won Vienna two years in a row without losing his serve, so it would be really tough to beat him if we had to move indoors. Cilic plays well indoors too. All of their players are big guys who hit the ball well, so I think it would definitely be a disadvantage if we had to move indoors."

Murray said he had talked to Ljubicic about his mediocre form on grass and the Croat had explained that the return of serve was his greatest problem. "Some guys just find the movement really difficult," Murray said. "Ljubicic doesn't come into the net that much. He plays from quite a long way back behind the baseline and doesn't like the really quick courts as much."

From: Independent online