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Why Murray's not one and done in the Davis Cup like Federer

Sequel fatigue might be a problem for Hollywood studios, but not for Andy Murray. This semifinal weekend in Glasgow, Murray will be hoping to move closer to a remake of last year's buddy movie -- winning the Davis Cup alongside his brother Jamie and friends.

Most players are content with a sole Davis Cup triumph -- Roger Federer is in that category -- but once hasn't sated Murray's ambitions: "We want to do it again."

In Murray's own analysis, this has already been the finest year of his tennis life to date, even if his greatest accomplishments in 2016 haven't been wholly original storylines. But why should he care when he has been turning in such great performances, and winning some of the biggest prizes?

Becoming the Wimbledon champion for a second occasion this year might not have had quite the same cathartic feel or epic quality as his first victory in 2013, but it was compelling nonetheless, especially as it was his first Grand Slam title anywhere for three years. Retaining the Olympic title was hardly any less enjoyable than when he did so the first time -- no man or woman had previously won two successive singles gold medals.

And don't imagine for one moment that last November's Davis Cup triumph -- set, of all the places, in a hangar on the outskirts of Ghent -- means that he is now content to coast in this competition. Right from the start of the Davis Cup year, before the first-round tie against Japan, he said: "Why can't we win this again? Why not?"

"You can have more than one goal during the year," he told reporters after joining up with the GB team in Glasgow. "At the end of last year, Davis Cup -- for all of us -- was a priority. But I don't think, at the beginning of the year, we expected to win the event.

"As you get closer and closer, you want to make the most of the opportunity -- and we want to do it again. I want to win all the events I can.

"I took a few days off after New York and came here and have been practising since Sunday. I get a little break after I'm finished here, so one more big push this weekend."

Murray is quite different to Federer, who since winning the Davis Cup for the first time in 2014, when Switzerland defeated France in Lille, has never aspired to being the champion once again. As he once observed: "My idea was never to win it twice, the idea was to win it once."

On another occasion, the Swiss described playing in the competition as "a heavy burden"; in the past two years, Federer's only appearance was in last September's World Group playoff against Holland when he intervened to prevent his country from being relegated into the zonal divisions.

Novak Djokovic has also only won the Davis Cup once, when Serbia defeated France in the 2010 final, though he has made another unsuccessful appearance in a final, against the Czech Republic in 2013.

While Murray has a 'mere' three Grand Slams, which leaves him a few behind Federer, who has 17, and Djokovic, on 12, the Briton has out-performed his Swiss and Serbian rivals when representing his country.

Neither of them have even one Olympic singles gold medal, while Murray has two. And now, in this year of sequels for Murray, he seeks another remake, one which would allow him to surpass Federer and Djokovic in another competition.

Should Britain go through, and France also progress, the final would be played on the other side of the Channel. But the movie could be freshened up with a home final, too, if Britain end up playing Croatia. It's a safe bet that Murray would be highly motivated either way.