From Sporting life.......quite a bit more in detail.........
Great Britain captain Jeremy Bates will give Andy Murray every opportunity of lining up in front of a home crowd in Glasgow for the Davis Cup clash with Serbia and Montenegro.
The British number one was confined to his bed over the weekend after being struck down with a bacterial infection, although he has also been carrying an ankle injury.
However, the Dunblane-born teenager was able to take part in a 40-minute practice session on Wednesday at the Braehead Arena.
Bates names his final line-up at noon tomorrow and even if Murray is unable to participate in Friday's singles, the team captain indicated he would still be included.
"Andy is better than he was. He has been out on the court and had a hit for the first time since last Thursday," he said.
"We had the results of the blood test and it is a pretty severe bacterial infection which he is in the process of fighting off.
"He is getting stronger by the day and this is the first time he's been able to hit a few balls.
"He's been moving around but we don't know what the state of his ankle is because he's not been running around and playing sets but I don't think there is any visible signs of a problem with his ankle. The more important issue is his health.
"It's a question of how quickly he can recover. It's harder with an illness than with an injury.
"It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realise he hasn't played a lot of tennis and the issues will revolve around how he feels, his energy levels and his capability to play five sets on Friday.
"If he can't play Friday, can he play Saturday? If he can't play Saturday, can he play Sunday? Can he play all the way through?
"We'll have a conversation about that on Thursday."
If Murray is unable to play in the singles then Bates hinted Arvind Parmar would play on Friday.
He said: "With the four players we've got it's a reasonable assumption Arvind would step up for the singles.
"The team is based around people fighting for their places and as far as I'm concerned everyone is fighting for a spot - whether it be in singles or doubles.
"I had that conversation with Arv last week. The mind-set has to be right and he needs to be prepared for it."
