THE Murray brothers, Andy and Jamie, went one step further than Southend’s famous tennis siblings by winning the Davis Cup for Britain.
The Scottish duo helped the British team beat Belgium to win the famous trophy for the first time since 1936.
The closest Britain had come to winning tennis’ most famous team tournament was in 1978 when Southend duo David and John Lloyd, who started playing at Westcliff Hard LTC, were part of the British team that went down 4-1 to a USA squad led by John McEnroe.
David Lloyd last week received widespread criticism after saying Andy Murray had not done enough to promote the game in this country.
The Olympic champion won both of his singles matches against Belgium and the doubles with brother Jamie.
John Lloyd was commentating on the British victory in Ghent for the BBC and was full of nothing but praise for Murray and his GB colleagues.
He said: "It is the most amazing achievement when you think about where we were and where we are now - champions of the world.
"Andy's performance was staggering, to go up against this crowd and to win in three straight sets - it's just tremendous.
"Hopefully we will use this now, we're the holders and we've got to inspire more players in Britain. When they see this event, surely people will be inspired by it."
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