“First, on David, I think he played a very, very good match”.
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“Davis Cup is completely different to watching individual tennis, you see all of the team bench, the flags, and supporters – there were something like 5,000 Brits watching, which is fantastic for a tennis match”, he said.
“We need to keep in mind the time of year we have got”.
The 28-year-old Scot won all three of his matches in Ghent, two singles and a doubles with brother Jamie in between.
Castle said: “The responsibility is to take this success and to spread it and share it and learn from it and tell people about it – and broadcast the message that this is great fun and a sport for life”.
But it was a tense and edgy start from both players in front of a raucous 13,000 capacity crowd at the Flanders Expo centre where a claycourt had been laid down in an effort to blunt Murray’s firepower.
He added: “I just can’t believe we did it. I play some of my best tennis when I’m playing for my country”.
Murray, who says he will celebrate the victory with his team and his family tonight, is already turning his attentions to the Australian Open, which begins in Melbourne on 18 January 2016. “I rocked him a bit and I did everything I could”.
“The atmosphere and everything has been even more unbelievable than I expected”.
“I know this team extremely well”.
“And I think this weekend really gave me some confidence for next year”.
“I was pumped the entire match”, he said. He then teamed with brother Jamie to win Saturday’s doubles.
“I hope (winning the Davis Cup) will be an inspiration”.
“I hold Andy in the absolutely highest esteem”. And just like Perry did in the same year- with Belgian opponents as well, he guided the team lift the Davis Cup.
Andy Murray is 9/4 to be named BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2015 after leading Great Britain to Davis Cup glory.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon suggested St Andrew’s Day should be renamed St Andy’s Day in honour of the achievement. “I gave it all I had, I have no regrets”. It’s been an awesome journey and we couldn’t have done it without you. “Actually the last five years really from where we were to get to this point so, you know, the whole team’s played a massive, massive part in getting us here and I was proud to get the chance to finish the title off yesterday”, he said.
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By beating Goffin, two-time major victor Murray became the first player since the current World Group system was introduced to win 11 live rubbers in a season.
