Andy Murray and Joe Salisbury lost the decisive doubles rubber against the United States as Great Britain began the Davis Cup group stage with defeat in the early hours of Thursday morning.
The tie was level after Tommy Paul beat Dan Evans in three sets and Cameron Norrie rallied past Taylor Fritz. Ad Three-time Grand Slam champion Murray and world No.
1 doubles player Salisbury won the first set but as Glasgow's Emirates Arena emptied, the momentum shifted as they went down 5-7 6-4 7-5 to Rajeev Ram and Jack Sock.
TennisBig Four reunite, battle for year-end No. 1: What's left of 2022 season?YESTERDAY AT 12:00 The match finished at 00:58 GMT after all three rubbers went the full three sets, with Murray frustrated at the late-night finale. «There's probably half of the people in there at the end of the match that were there at the beginning,» said Murray. «It's a bit of a shame because, well, they missed a great match. »It's not probably because they didn't want to stay.