Andy Murray wins the Davis Cup for Britain

Talking in Ghent the morning after he gave Britain its first Davis Cup win in 79 years by defeating David Goffin in straight sets, Murray said that he was aware of what Djokovic went on to achieve after helping Serbia win the Davis Cup for the first time in 2010.

The win gave Britain an unassailable 3-1 lead in the best-of-five series and the final singles match was not played.

The Davis Cup win, which was confirmed when Murray dispatched of Goffin yesterday, is Britain’s first since 1936.

“A lot of disappointment, but no regrets”, Goffin said.

The 28-year-old Scot did the same in the ties against France and Australia, while he won both singles in the opening win against the United States, sitting out of the doubles on that occasion.

Only two other players, John McEnroe and Mats Wilander, have ever won eight singles matches in a Davis Cup year, and unlike Murray’s, not all were in live rubbers.

The last British brothers to play together in a Davis Cup final were Laurence and Reggie Doherty, who clinched victory for Britain against Belgium in 1904. “I’ve been pretty upset having lost matches before but I would say that’s probably the most emotional I’ve been after a win”.

And the last time Britain competed in a final was in 1978.

“I wasn’t thinking about the year as a whole, literally just that moment when you hit the winning shot and win the match”.

Murray’s only loss from two sets up came when he was 18, and he was not about to make this a second.

It was entirely fitting, and somewhat inevitable, that it should be Murray that secured the winning point after one of the most remarkable seasons in the competition’s 115-year history.

It was the World No.2, though, who landed the first blow, breaking the Goffin serve to love in the sixth game and that proved enough for him to take the set 6-3 in 48 minutes on his fourth set point.

After the celebrations died down, a visibly drained Murray paid tribute to his teammates, describing the win as “amazing”.

(From L) Britain’s Jamie Murray, James Ward, captain Leon Smith, Andy Murray and Kyle Edmund pose with the trophy after their big win.

Andy took a rare night off to celebrate, saying: “I imagine everyone will be on fire tonight”.

“Andy has shown himself to be an absolute superstar again”.

It was a particularly desperate move because Goffin has won only two of his career 15 doubles matches, and Darcis is not much better at 21-34 career and one of seven in Davis Cup competition.

The Belgian appeared to get a glimmer of hope when he broke Murray’s serve for a 2-0 lead in the third set.