Andy Murray: We’re comfortable to play Davis Cup final despite terror worries

Meanwhile, the Britain team are satisfied with the security arrangements for the Davis Cup final in Ghent, with Belgian capital Brussels on a high state of alert over possible terror threats.

“But still in most of the matches they (Great Britain) have their chance, that’s why I favour them in the final”.

“I am sure he will be fired up to try to beat Andy and show everyone what a good player he is”.

“Playing indoors tends to make things a little bit quicker, which helps obviously”, he said. So when I’m in the chair with them during the matches, there’s a continuity with what they’re doing on the tour.

The federation says organizers “in consultation with the relevant officials and our risk assessment and security advisers, are closely monitoring the situation in Belgium and specifically in Ghent”.

“You can talk about it all you like but I know if I got heavily beaten by a guy who I was going to have to play in a few weeks time, it is going to be on my mind when I am going into that match”. We’re here now. Everything seems fine in Ghent. I had that fortune to win the Davis Cup title in 2010 with Serbia at home and played in a couple of finals and semifinals. “I think in sports, in general, not only in tennis”, said Belgian captain Johan Van Herck.

This was the first time in the competition’s history that all four of the nominated singles players – Italy’s Andrea Gaudenzi and Davide Sanguinetti and Sweden’s Magnus Norman and Magnus Gustafsson – were ranked outside the top 30.

But asked about what it would mean for him to complete that quartet of achievements, Murray was, as is his way, keen to credit the entire network of players and back-room support that has got him and GB to this position. However, this was on an indoor hard court while the final will be played on indoor clay. “It has been very cold in there yesterday and also this morning”.

Belgium have been more than impressive on their route to the final, with their last 16 victory over Switzerland sending out a real message of intent from the off – the hosts coming out as 3-2 winners in Liège.

“The moment a recommendation comes in from our government that we should consider to cancel the event – that will change everything”.

Britain holds a 7-4 advantage over Belgium, but Belgium won the most recent competition in 2012.

“I never thought it would not happen”. “I think once we got here and got into the hotel, came to the venue and saw what it was like, that made everyone more comfortable”.

“I also remember being set point down in the fourth and we had a pretty long rally that me and Andy were dominating”, the Yorkshire man added. He played an unbelievable match there.

“Andy brings a calmness to me because I know what I’m going to get from him”.

The visitors, on the other hand, are pursuing their first title since 1936 and their 10th in total, appearing in their first final for 37 years and only their third since Fred Perry led the nation to success all those years ago at Wimbledon.