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Britain enter the fray of the Davis Cup finals this morning without either of the Murray brothers for the first time in more than eight years.
Yet captain Leon Smith is confident that the improvements in other players can make light of their absence as GB tackle France and the Czech Republic in this weekend's group stages in Innsbruck.
Smith can call on world number 12 Cam Norrie and number 25 Dan Evans for the task, both of whom are currently ranked much higher than the double Wimbledon champion anyway. In doubles he has two top twenty players in Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski.
'Both Andy and Jamie have been a mainstay in the team for a long time and played a big part,' he said. 'But I think what's really pleasing is you look at the group of guys we've got here, they're all at career-high
