Andy Murray and Joe Salisbury lose late-night doubles as Great Britain defeated in Davis Cup group opener

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.

If you got children here, you can't stay with them. If you've got to get a bus or train home, you can't do it." Great Britain next face the Netherlands, who beat Kazakhstan in their opening Group D match, on Friday. GB finish against Kazakhstan on Sunday, with the top two teams from each group qualifying for the finals in November.

A minute's silence was held at the start of the tie in the wake of the death of Queen Elizabeth II, with the British players wearing black armbands or ribbons. Evans beaten but Norrie rallies Earlier, the tie's first rubber saw Evans beaten in a hard-fought match 6-4 4-6 6-4 by world No. 29 Paul.