Murray set to miss cup clash

ANDY Murray’s elbow injury is likely to keep him out of the Davis Cup quarter-final tie with France next week, according to his brother Jamie.

The world No1 was forced to withdraw from the Miami Open after suffering the injury practising for the event in Florida and returned to Britain last week for a scan to assess the damage.

Jamie revealed that Andy, inset, has “some sort of tear” in his right elbow and is not expecting him to take part in Great Britain’s match in Rouen, which begins a week on Friday.

“It’s some sort of tear, so he needs to rest,” said Jamie. “He said he can do everything except serve and he told me that rest was all he had to do.

“I am not planning that he is going be there [against France] but if he is, then obviously that is great for the team and we’ll see what happens. But the most important thing for him is to get healthy because he has had a few issues now.

“He had shingles and was sick here as well for two or three days after he pulled out of the tournament. He just needs to get a bit settled and get a good crack at it over the next three months because there are a lot of big tournaments to play.” Murray is also expected to miss the Monte Carlo Masters so is likely to appear in his next Masters event in Madrid from May 7, with the French Open looming at the end of that month.