World No 3 Andy Murray unsurprisingly overcame 16-year-old Borna Coric in the opening play-off rubber on the clay of the Stadion Stella Maris in Umag, taking two hours in winning 6-3, 6-0, 6-3. <img alt="Andy Murray" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/sep/Andy-Murray_2.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 713px;" /> Andy Murray celebrates after winning the first set yesterday But Dan Evans, despite breaking into the world&rsquo;s top 150 on the back of his glorious run to the third round of the US Open recently, was no match for Ivan Dodig, going down in straight sets, 3-6, 2-6, 3-6. It means Great Britain&rsquo;s chances of ending their five-year exile from the World Group now rests on the reverse singles today, providing Coric is given another opportunity against Evans, and what will now be a crucial doubles encounter on Saturday. Murray, despite feeling his back at times against Coric &mdash; an issue that has troubled him this year and forced him out of the French Open &mdash; is to partner Colin Fleming against Dodig and Mate Pavic. It was Murray&rsquo;s superior physical fitness that wore down Coric, but only after the youngster &mdash; ranked at 525 and on his Davis Cup debut in the absence of the unavailable Marin Cilic &mdash; had troubled the Scot with break points in games one and five.

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Great Britain's hopes of returning to the elite World Group in the Davis Cup are resting on a knife edge following a mixed day by the seaside in Croatia.

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