but there was a logic to the Wimbledon and Olympic champion playing doubles.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- The 49ers will be without safety Eric Reid for the remainder of the season after having surgery to repair a biceps injury Tuesday.Losing him is a big loss for our defense, defensive coordinator Jim ONeil said. (Reids) leadership ability, his versatility, his playmaking ability will leave us with an obvious void, but itll be a great opportunity for some other guys to step up and fill those roles.Reid was one of San Franciscos most talented defenders. The 2013 first-round pick lines up at inside and outside linebacker, has covered tight ends and played both safety positions. He ranks second on the team with 62 tackles behind fellow safety Antoine Bethea (66).Reid, a leader in the locker room, joins key defenders NaVorro Bowman (Achilles tear) and Arik Armstead (shoulder surgery) as out of the lineup while the defense ranks at the bottom of the NFL in both yardage and scoring.Were not getting a lot of get well soon cards from the rest of the teams in the NFL, but thats what this leagues about, ONeil said.Second-year safety Jaquiski Tartt will be called on to replace Reid. Its a familiar scenario for the second-round pick from Samford, who replaced Bethea in the final eight games of 2015 after the veteran had a season-ending pectoral injury.Tartt played well as a rookie in Betheas place, making 34 tackles with a sack and an interception. Hes played roughly 30 percent of the defensive snaps in 2016 and is ready to see an increase.Hes got great range and ball skills. Hes got a knack for reading the quarterback, ONeil said. 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GLASGOW -- No one -- not even the surging, soaring, free-swinging Juan Martin del Potro -- beats Andy Murray twice in Scotland within 24 hours.Del Potro has accomplished much during his comeback year, but establishing absolute primacy in the city of Murrays birth was beyond him.Just a day after his gargantuan singles victory over Murray at this Davis Cup semifinal -- which the Argentine had taken in five sets and five hours, in the longest match each of them had ever played -- they came together again for the doubles rubber.Del Potros victory Friday had been spoken of as his revenge after last months Olympic singles final, which had gone the other way, and this time, with his brother Jamie alongside him, it was Murrays turn to be the avenger with a victory that kept Britain, who had trailed 0-2 overnight, in the tie.By comparison with their singles match, this was quite brief, with the Murrays defeating Del Potro and Leonardo Mayer 6-1, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 inside three hours to maintain their record of never having lost a Davis Cup rubber together. Were back in the tie, said Jamie, with this doubles match coming just a day after the funeral of their paternal grandfather, Gordon Murray.Only twice before have Britain come from 0-2 to win a tie -- against Germany in 1930 and against Russia in 2013. But this is a team that has already accomplished the supposedly impossible by winning the entire competition last season, the nations first triumph since 1936.Murray will be expected to win the first of Sundays reverse singles rubbers, when he is scheduled to face Guido Pella, so this tie will probably be decided in the fifth rubber when either Dan Evans or Kyle Edmund will encounter Del Potro.Hadnt Del Potro spoken Friday evening of having cramps everywhere? So there was much astonishment when -- an hour before the doubles rubbers began -- Argentina disclosed they had tinkered with the original nominations they had put forward at Thursdays draw ceremony, with Del Potro to feature instead of Federico Delbonis.At first glance, this appeared to be a very big call by the Argentine captain, Daniel Orsanic -- bold bordering on eccentric -- but in all probability it wouldnt have bbeen his decision, but Del Potros.dddddddddddd Once Del Potro had decided he wanted to play doubles, who on earth was going to block him from taking to this indoor hard court?But wouldnt it have made more sense for Del Potro to have rested on Saturday in readiness for Sunday? True, Andy Murray was also fatigued after Fridays exertions -- and there had been some doubt about whether he would participate -- but there was a logic to the Wimbledon and Olympic champion playing doubles. Quite simply, it was a rubber that Britain had to win to stay in the tie.Watching the Murray brothers together on the doubles court, theres some doubt as to which of them should be considered the senior player. While Andy is undeniably the more talented, and certainly the more celebrated after his accomplishments in singles, this is the form of the game which Jamie specialises in.There are few better than Jamie at playing doubles -- earlier this year he became the first British man to hold the world No. 1 ranking, whether in singles or doubles, though he has since lost that status and is currently fourth.Jamies new elite status has come through his partnership with Brazilian Bruno Soares, which was new this year -- they had immediate success at the Australian Open, where Jamie won his first mens doubles Grand Slam title. Just over a week ago, Jamie and Soares scored another major at the US Open. Perhaps neither of the Murrays is the senior player, with the doubles court the only place where they are truly equals.After Andy and Del Potros long-running singles match, the opening set of this doubles match was remarkably brief, lasting a mere 26 minutes. But anyone with any previous exposure to Britains Davis Cup ties must have realised this couldnt possibly continue in such a one-sided, straightforward manner, and the South Americans took the second set and were well-placed to snaffle the third, too, after breaking for a 4-3 lead.But the Murray brothers raised their level, breaking once for parity and then once more for the set. The fourth set was theirs, too. ' ' '