The Davis Cup is a team event but, inevitably, some members are more likely to shine than others, especially when the one doing the shining has just reached his first US Open final.
Andy Murray will follow Alex Bogdanovic on court this afternoon for the second of today's two singles rubbers between Great Britain and Austria at Wimbledon but there is no question as to who the No.1 player is.
"In a lot of ways, it comes down to the star player and that's Andy Murray," said John Lloyd, the Great Britain captain, who hopes that Murray can help his team secure a place in the World Group, the top division of Davis Cup competition, next season.
"We've been giving equal time to both of them on the main courts and not favouring one or other of them," he said.
"Andy's not the kind of bloke who will push his stardom in terms of practise and do or demand more than the others. He's a good team man."
Murray is fond of Bogdanovic and has been jollying the man they call "Boggo" along this week. Bogdanovic may need all the support he can get given that he has a dismal Davis Cup record and an even worse one at Wimbledon. The 24-year-old has won one dead rubber - against Australian Todd Woodbridge in Sydney in 2003 - in the four previous Davis Cup ties he has played, while at the All England Club boasts the joint-second worst record of any man in the open era.
Bogdanovic has lost seven consecutive first-round matches at SW19. Only Chile's Patricio Cornejo, with eight defeats, has lost more times there and he at least got into the main draw at Wimbledon by virtue of his ranking, something Bogdanovic has never managed.
Bogdanovic's history would suggest that he will lose to Jurgen Melzer in today's first match, which would leave Murray having to beat the Austrian No.2 Alexander Peya to leave things level heading into tomorrow's doubles.
During yesterday's official draw at Wimbledon, Murray made sarcastic reference to Melzer's suggestion that he might struggle with the pressures of being the key man in the team this weekend.
Having faced Rafael Nadal - and won - at the US Open, Murray clearly feels he has little to fear from either Melzer or Peya. Lloyd named Jamie Murray and Ross Hutchins as his doubles pairing to take on Melzer and Julian Knowle tomorrow, though the captain is very likely to put in Andy Murray to play alongside his brother.
"We'll see how it goes. Andy is ready and, if he doesn't have a marathon and he doesn't pull something or other, then he would like to play doubles," said Lloyd, who also has the option of playing Andy Murray alongside Hutchins, since the two are good friends and played together at the US Open. "He'd even play with me," joked Lloyd.
The Davis Cup is known for throwing up peculiar results and Lloyd is enough of an optimist to believe that Bogdanovic might just come good and secure an unlikely win which would make both his and Murray's lives easier.
The Scot should enjoy his return to Wimbledon this afternoon since the reception he is likely to receive from the 9000 or so on No.1 Court following his US Open exploits is likely to be slightly kinder than the one he got from his pet dog, Maggie, when he returned home from America. "She pee'd all over the floor of my apartment," he said. "It wasn't very good. I'm sending her to a dog walker for the weekend."
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