 Murray's presence was not enough to save Britain from relegation
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British number one Andy Murray is open to persuasion over his Davis Cup future but has suggested others might replace him in Europe/Africa Zone Group II.
The world number three won both singles rubbers but could not prevent a 3-2 defeat by Poland, which relegated Great Britain to the Davis Cup third tier.
Murray described that position as "where we deserve to be".
He added: "If I'm fit I'll play in the matches if the captain or the coach really, really wants me to play."
Rookie Dan Evans was left to play the decisive fifth rubber against Poland's Michal Przysiezny and the 19-year-old looked out of his depth as he lost 6-2 6-1 7-5.
Team captain John Lloyd said afterwards that he hoped Murray would make himself available for the next tie despite the lowly status of Europe/Africa Zone Group II.
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There's a big tournament in London at the end of the year and I want to make sure I'm fit for that.
Andy Murray
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"If they do (want me to play) that's fine," said Murray. "I'll think about it and there's a good chance I'll play.
"If not they could be looking to the future to try to give these guys an opportunity.
"It's not a huge amount of progress if I win my matches and then we come into this level again and go straight back down.
"We need to make sure the guys who come in are ready and experienced enough to deal with these sort of matches. Right now they aren't."
At 303 in the world, Evans is the fifth-highest ranked British male behind Murray, James Ward (189), Josh Goodall (235) and Alex Bogdanovic (247).
Murray, 22, played both singles and the doubles rubber in Liverpool despite struggling with an injury to his left wrist, and he will see a specialist before planning the rest of his season.
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606: DEBATE
Cast a Shadow
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The one significant date remaining this year is the ATP World Tour Finals, which takes place in London for the first time this year in November, while January's Australian Open is already figuring in the Scot's thinking.
"The pain's bearable but I need to decide what to do next because it's such a short turnaround at the end of the year and the preparations for Australia have to be very good because of the conditions so I need to decide when I can fit in a long break," said Murray.
"Whether that's 14 days or longer, you just have to be careful with wrists and not keep playing when there's something wrong because the problem doesn't go away.
"There's a big tournament in London at the end of the year and I want to make sure I'm fit for that."
Murray will see the same specialist who looked after him when he hurt his right wrist two years ago and missed three months.
"The other one was a bit of a freak thing," he said. "It came out of nowhere and that was agony. I couldn't even hold a racquet never mind play a match.
"This one feels more like tendinitis, where it's sore and it can get better and worse."
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