Wimbledon.com's highlights from Day 2 at Queen's Club for the Davis Cup contest between Great Britain and France...

Tennis in the past has rightly or wrongly earned a reputation for lacking the fire and passion amongst its fans that other global sports possess.

However Davis Cup at Queen’s Club on Saturday afternoon completely dismissed that notion.

Packed to the rafters, Centre Court basked in the summer sunshine to welcome the Murray brothers to take on Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Nicolas Mahut after the singles yesterday left the contest level at 1-1.

Who could gain the momentum heading into the final day? A magnificent splash of colours spread across the stands and drums, singing and chanting built a quite absorbing atmosphere.

The French pairing started the brighter, breaking world No.3 Andy Murray in the very first game courtesy of some thunderous Tsonga returns.

The British brothers were failing to click as positioning became an issue, whereas the French seemed composed and set to the task. They were finding acute angles and were rarely troubled on serve, swatting away all the Murray’s could fire at them. First set taken 6-4.

Into the second set the rallies were extending and the Murrays were building an understanding. The Scots dominated the net exchanges and were pinning their opponents to the back with calculated shots and aggressive smashes.

At 2-1 Mahut let his guard down and a routine forehand was netted, before a smash at the net was miscued wide. Finally Leon Smith’s side had their breakthrough and the crowd burst into life. From then on Centre Court was a cacophony of support in a magnificent crescendo until the final shot.

Jamie Murray was serving with particular prowess, finding the corners and held to consolidate the break for 4-1. At 5-3 the doubles specialist of the Murray household was required to serve for the set and did with aplomb. Smart forays to the net picked off the points and Great Britain were level 6-3.

The third set was a constant wrestle. Neither pairing could establish the momentum and neither of the quartet was becoming a weak link.

Disaster nearly struck at 5-5 as Tsonga was firing down cannonball serves. Andy Murray stretched out wide and slipped on the grass to yelp in pain. Bad timing for the Brits but after a medical timeout of wincing the British No.1 was back on the baseline.

The two-time Grand Slam champion illustrated his dogged determination to earn the Brits a tie-break following a canny game by utilising the serve and volley.

The crowd acknowledged the importance of the tie-break and hurled their most vehement support towards the Murray brothers.

Poised at 5-5 it was the French who blinked. Murray pounced on a short return to volley up a first set point and clattered a Tsonga serve past a diving Mahut to send Centre Court into delirium.

It was an impressive proof of bottle and the Brits headed into set four with an imposing rhythm.

The French pairing unravelled and gifted the Murrays a break for 2-0 and an ace from Jamie sealed a 3-0 advantage in an instant.

Arnaud Clement’s side had no answer, the crowd could sense the finishing line and urged the brothers on in fine voice.

A feather-touch volleyed lob set up a consecutive break and with very little resistance Jamie Murray was serving for the match at 5-1.

A smash from the left hander clinched the vital victory and sparked euphoric scenes .

“We played at an unbelievably high level against a top team,” said Andy. “To play here in that kind of match with my brother is very special. Right now I’m pumped, to win for the whole team, the whole country.”

Asked on court after the match whether he has dreamt of such occasion, winning Davis Cup matches at Queen’s together, Jamie remarked: “I was sure he could but I wasn’t sure about myself!

“You kind of expect Andy to make something happen, he played some great shots just at the right times. It was a magic day, the crowd was brilliant and we’re now in a good position for tomorrow,” added Jamie.

 It’s clearly evident the belief is now there and captain Leon Smith was more than impressed.

“How good was that? Everyone has been talking about the significance of the doubles rubber and yes there is still a lot of tennis to still be played but I’m immensely proud of the brothers and the crowd was just phenomenal today.”