Great Britain took a 2-1 lead over Australia in the 2015 Davis Cup semi-finals on Saturday, as Andy and Jamie Murray saw off Lleyton Hewitt and Samuel Groth in a pulsating five-set doubles match.The brothers came from a set down to beat the Australians 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-4.Here are the results from Saturday's action, as well as the remaining schedule for the semi-finals.Great Britain 2-1 AustraliaDominic Inglot was originally supposed to partner Jamie Murray in the doubles, but in a late change, captain Leon Smith opted to bring in the world No. 3 instead, per British Tennis:Per the Daily Mail's Stuart Fraser, the match was only the second time the brothers had lined up together in their home country, and the pair took some time to find their rhythm, as the Australians broke them in the first set following some confused positioning to go 4-2 up.From there, Hewitt and Groth remained in control thanks to some strong serving on their part.The Scots soon became much more fluid in their play, though, and after initially following serve broke their opponents thanks largely to some outstanding volleys from Jamie. Fraser highlighted the older brother's performance at the net:They did indeed hold in the next game to give them a commanding lead in the set and duly levelled the scores at 1-1.Hewitt and Groth raced to a 4-1 lead in the third set, but some excellent alternate serving and volleying from the Murrays and some loose play from Groth saw the brothers win five consecutive games to put their noses in front for the first time.Former British No. 1 Andrew Castle was among those leading the praise for the pair on social media:Some poor serving from Jamie handed Australia an early break in the fourth, but two-time Grand Slam winner Andy really began to flex his muscles, his powerful and accurate returns inspiring GB to break back.Hewitt and Groth were also battling hard, and it took some excellent serving from Jamie in the sixth game to save two break points and eventually hold and again at 5-4 down as the Australians failed to see out three set points.They showed remarkable resilience, though, and with the Murrays serving for the match, they broke the Scots to force a tiebreaker and then saved a match point before closing out the set, per one-time U.S. Open finalist Greg Rusedski:The fifth set began much as the others did, this time with GB going an early break ahead before the Australians scrapped and fought their way back to 3-3. The match then followed serve, with Andy Murray proving deadly with several powerful smashes.Australia soon found themselves serving to stay in the match at 4-5, but the nervy Groth could not hold on as the Scots clinically took advantage of some poor serving before Hewitt hit a long return to hand them the match.The win provides GB with a crucial point ahead of the final two rubbers on Sunday.However, with this match lasting close to four hours, Andy Murray could well find fatigue to be a problem after also playing a singles match on Friday, so it's all still to play for as far as Australia are concerned.
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