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But in the end I am really happy to win today.

Andy Murray will be expected to play in the World Tour Finals in London in November, despite suggesting he may miss the event to prepare for Britain’s Davis Cup final against Belgium.

Leonardo Mayer and Carlos Berlocq gave Argentina a 2-1 lead over Belgium in Saturday’s semifinal, beating Steve Darcis and Ruben Bemelmans in a four-hour match.

Andy Murray is ready to withdraw from the ATP World Tour Finals in London for the second time in three years in order to give himself extra preparation for Great Britain’s first Davis Cup final for 79 years against Belgium.

Britain, who won the last of their nine Davis Cup titles in 1936, made their first final since 1978 with victory over Australia in Glasgow thanks to Murray’s 7-5, 6-3, 6-2 win over Tomic in Sunday’s first reverse singles.

Great Britain captain Leon Smith hailed the commitment of Andy Murray as his top player considers missing the Barclays ATP Tour finals to help prepare for the Davis Cup final. The 28-year-old duly delivered his third point of the match, beating Tomic 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 in Glasgow.

In Brussels, Argentina’s world number 39 Leonardo Mayer beat Steve Darcis 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/1), 4-6, 6-3 after David Goffin, the world number 15, had seen off Federico Delbonis 7-5, 7-6 (7/3) 6-3 to give Belgium the lead.

Despite struggling with a back injury and coming off a five-set doubles match on Saturday, Murray managed to find another peak performance to beat Tomic 7-5, 6-3, 6-2.

Brother Jamie is one of the form doubles players in the world, having got to the final at Wimbledon and, just a week ago, the US Open. It has been giving me a lot of trouble this week. “My results speak for themselves”.

However, Murray recovered and with Tomic serving to send the set into a tie-break, the Brit found himself with three set points. Their only previous appearance was in 1904, when a 3-2 win over France gave them the chance to challenge the defending champions, the British Isles, in...

Argentina are playing their 10th semifinal in 14 years, although they have won only four of those ties and then lost each time in the final.

“There is still a lot to do”, said Mayer, after posting an eighth consecutive win for his country.

Lleyton Hewitt has backed dropped tennis player Nick Kyrgios, saying he is “one of the massive shining lights” for Australia despite his absence from this weekend’s Davis Cup showdown with Great Britain.

“I’ve always loved playing the Hopman Cup. I’ve got a lot of great memories”.

Great Britain and Australia are tied after day one of their Davis Cup semi-final in Glasgow on Friday.