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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.

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.

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...