Murrays give Great Britain lead in Davis Cup quarter-final

Great Britain have taken a 2-1 lead over France in their Davis Cup quarter-final thanks to a doubles win for Andy Murray and Jamie Murray at Queen's.

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The pair defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Nicolas Mahut in four sets to give Britain the advantage in the five-match tie.

Tsonga and Mahut took the opening set 6-4, but the Murray brothers fought back to take the next two 6-3 7-6(5).

It was one-way traffic in the fourth as the Murrays powered into a 5-0 lead before closing out the contest 4-6 6-3 7-6(5) 6-1 in front of a jubilant home crowd.