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Andy Murray will attempt to put the pain of another failed Wimbledon bid behind him when he reports for Davis Cup action this week.

The world No. 4 makes his first international appearance since September 2009, when Great Britain take on Luxembourg in the Braehead Arena in Glasgow.

Captain Leon Smith, who used to coach Murray, believes a team environment will be the best way to forget about his semi-final defeat to Rafael Nadal, and has promised to make the Scot "feel a million dollars again".

"If anyone loses, it is not going to be a great feeling, whether it is the semi-final or any round," Smith said in the Sun. "He will be disappointed. But what we can guarantee him is that we work hard at the team spirit.

"Everyone seems to be responding to that and he will be no different - that would make him feel a million dollars again. This is my first time as captain with Andy in the team. It is something we are really looking forward to."

Meanwhile, Murray, is determined to end his grand slam duck. "It is not what I want to be remembered for - losing in semi-finals," Murray said. "I will come back next year and try to do better."

Murray may have lost his semi-final at SW19, but four-time Wimbledon semi-finalist, Tim Henman, believes there are plenty of positives to take from the defeat. Murray took the match to Nadal in the opening stages and deservedly won the first set. The challenge, says Henman, is maintaining that level for a whole match.

"The first set and the first three games of the second set should be the blueprint for Murray's tennis in the future," Henman told the Daily Telegraph. "If you can play tennis like that for a set and a bit, then go away and practise and make sure you can do that for two sets or three sets, and then four and five sets.

"This is the type of tennis that makes him capable of beating Nadal. The challenge is to do it for longer periods. It's difficult to just switch that on and off, and he needs to look to have that aggressive strategy week-in, week-out, on the practice court and on the match court."

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