Andy Murray and Joe Salisbury fell an agonising doubles rubber defeat as Great Britain went down to a 2-1 defeat against USA in a tie which ended at 12.58am at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow.
Dan Evans lost the first rubber to Tommy Paul before Cameron Norrie scrapped to a gutsy win over Taylor Fritz to send the tie to a deciding doubles rubber.
But Andy Murray and Joe Salisbury were unable delight the home crowd and they eventually fell to a late-night defeat to Salisbury’s US Open-winning partner Rajeev Ram and Jack Sock as USA claimed an opening win in Group D.
A sombre start to the tie reflected the period of national mourning following the Queen’s death, with the usual music replaced by a lone piper and a minute of silence before the national anthems, while the British players and support team wore black ribbons.
Murray and Salisbury were given a huge ovation as they stepped out for the deciding rubber at 10pm against Sock and Ram – with whom Salisbury won the US Open only five days ago.
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