Andy Murray put Great Britain into the last four of the Davis Cup for the firs time in 34 years, while GB's foil team claimed fifth at their World Championships in Moscow. Here's our review of the last 24 hours:
Great Britain finished fifth in the men's team foil event at fencing's World Championships in Moscow. After stunning Italy to win gold at the recent European Games in Baku, hopes were high for the team of Richard Kruse, Marcus Mepstead, Laurence Halsted and James-Andrew Davis. They beat Germany to secure a quarter-final clash with hosts Russia, who went on to lose to Italy in the final. However, wins against Korea and the USA followed to secure them fifth place.
Great Britain will face Australia in their first Davis Cup semi-final since 1981 after Andy Murray battled back to defeat France’s Gilles Simon, sealing victory for his team with a rubber to spare. “It feels unbelievable to get through that,” said Murray. “It wasn’t looking great in the second set. I managed to find a way, I used up every last ounce of energy." Murray won all three matches at Queen's Club to earn the praise of captain Leon Smith “A huge round of applause to Andy Murray, what an effort,” he said. “What Andy put his body and mind through in that match, that second set was brutal. It was an amazing effort, incredible. “The team did an amazing job, each and every one of them worked their socks off all week, from the players to the staff." Read more here
Despite the absence of London 2012 Olympic medal winners Jonny and Alistair Brownlee, Great Britain secured bronze at the triathlon mixed relay World Championships in Hamburg. Great Britain's team comprised of Vicky Holland, Non Stanford, Mark Buckingham and Gordon Benson Read more here
Chris Froome maintained his overall lead at the Tour de France on a quiet day for the general classification contenders. The 2013 champion is still over three minutes ahead of defending champion Nairo Quintana with one week to go. Andre Greipel won the stage 15 sprint finish but Britain's Mark Cavendish was not involved after he was dropped on the first climb of the day.
Rising star heptathlete Morgan Lake claimed the European junior high jump title in Eskilstuna, Sweden. Lake was among a record 11 British gold medallists at the championship, while six claimed silver medals to ensure Great Britain topped the medal table. She had two failures at 1.86m, but regrouped to take the gold medal with a clearance of 1.91m. “It feels really special and because of last year I felt a little pressure coming into the competition but I competed well and happy with the win," said Lake, who won double gold at last year's World Junior Championships. "It was really scary going over that third attempt (at 1.86m) - I think I should have had some better efforts in my first two. No-one likes third attempts, but it’s nice to overcome them.” © Sportsbeat 2015.