Davis cup win the most emotional triumph: Britain’s Murray

Despite the anticipated huge interest in the tie, the LTA have already booked the Barclaycard Arena, which means they can not switch to a bigger venue to cash in on the Cup victory.

“It has to be one of the best [British sporting] achievements of all-time”, said Great Britain captain Leon Smith of Murray’s performance.

Britain’s first Davis Cup success since 1936 immediately led to calls for Murray to be knighted.

Andy Murray defeated David Goffin in straight sets to secure a 3-1 victory in the final against Belgium.

The home team figured correctly-but it still was nowhere near enough.

Everything was given by Goffin and went Murray to two hours and 54 minutes, however there is no preventing his team-mates the Scot, who had been mobbed by his teammates after acquiring the title having a lob that was brilliant and falling back on the clay.

He wobbled briefly when he dropped serve early in the third set but the world number two responded to move 5-3 ahead.

Murray dispersed the mayhem briefly, realising he hadn’t congratulated Goffin on a well-fought scrap under the Ghent spotlights. But the favorite was simply too good, recording 12 aces, no double-faults, 37 winners, and 22 errors.

“We’ll all remember this year for the rest of our lives, regardless of what happens in the rest of any of our careers”, said boxing-fan Murray, who revealed he had stayed up late the night before to watch Tyson Fury win the world heavyweight title on internet streaming.

And asked where this week’s triumph ranked with two Grand Slam wins and an Olympic gold medal at London 2012, he added: “It’s right up there”.

“It’s obviously an fantastic feeling. I imagine it will take a few days before it really sinks in”, 28-year-old Andy said. But I probably haven’t been as emotional as that after a match that I’ve won. “It would have been a hard one to lose so it’s a great way to end the year”.

“I probably haven’t been as emotional as that after a match that I’ve won”.

The then little-known Smith, who helped coach Murray between the years of 11 and 15, took over as British national coach in 2010 when the team were facing relegation into the fourth and lowest level of the Davis Cup.

‘He’ll be the first to say that this is a team effort and rightly so, but what he’s managed to do for this team is astonishing.

“He’s just incredible”, said Smith. It was absolutely incredible.

But finally, Great Britain had its own superstar – a tall, lanky Scotsman by the name of Andrew Barron Murray (Andy Murray, for short), and he nearly single handedly led the British team to a 2-1 lead against an upstart Belgium side in Ghent.