They will face Australia over three days of competition at Glasgow’s Emirates Arena, with Andy Murray undoubtedly the star attraction.
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“It’s obviously Lleyton Hewitt’s last chance to win the Davis Cup and he’ll be feeling pressure as well”.
He said: “I know how hard it was against France in the quarter finals, playing all three days in a row after Wimbledon”. “We’ve got into this position by everyone in the team playing their part”.
But after the best part of a week at home, Murray even felt up to making the 420-mile drive up from his Oxshott home to see his family in Scotland on the way to meeting up with the team in Glasgow at the weekend.
Saturday’s play will take the primetime mid-afternoon BBC One slot, starting at 1pm. They tucked into a feast of eggs, fresh fruit, cereals, smoothies and some delicious pancakes served by the team and heard directly from the players about the importance of a healthy start to the day.
“I wanted to spend some time with my family whilst I was here and driving gave me the chance to do that”.
The tennis players – Andy and Jamie Murray, James Ward, Dom Inglot, Kyle Edmund and captain Leon Smith – were up against Celtic players including Stuart Armstrong, Gary Mackay Steven and manager Ronny Deila.
“I think a lot of the pressure is on, obviously, Andy so whoever gets the opportunity to take him on on day one has got nothing to lose, you can go out free swinging and play your game”, Hewitt said.
But GB captain Smith told his team to stick to the tennis, despite Murray coming close to hitting the bar.
“I wouldn’t say the pressure’s all on me”, he said.
“There’s some things in my own head to figure out and I’ll talk to the guys”.
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Veteran Hewitt, who is to retire after the Australian Open in January, said he has a “great relationship” with Murray but believes the weight of expectation is on the Scot.
