Sunday 29 November 2015 19:06, UK
Andy Murray's Davis Cup feats have been described as one of Britain's greatest sporting achievements by his captain, Leon Smith.
Murray became the first player since the introduction of the World Group format in 1981 to win 11 live rubbers in the competition.
Two Murray points in the win against the USA and three against France, Australia and Belgium - in this weekend's final - were enough to give Smith's team the trophy for the first time in almost 80 years.
Asked to rate Murray's efforts against other British sporting successes, Smith said: "It has to be one of the best achievements of all time.
"It's incredible for all of us to watch how he's managed to win that many rubbers, that many wins, especially when you look back at the tie in France and also the Australia match, obviously (with) a lot of fatigue, (he) managed to find a way through.
"It was absolutely incredible, amazing."
Victory in the final was the conclusion of an incredible run for the team under Smith's leadership. He took over from John Lloyd in 2010 and had his first tie been lost, GB would have been relegated to the fourth - and lowest - tier of the competition.
Instead they beat Turkey and took off on the fastest climb to the trophy that the competition has ever seen. The victory over Belgium was the 12th in 14 ties under Smith.
Looking back, Smith said: "Obviously at that point (pre-Turkey) there was a long way to go. But we set about just getting a really good team of people around that really cared about everybody in the team and wanted what's best for them.
"It was very important to start winning. You went match by match, tie by tie, and tried for the whole team to get better at what we do together.
"Momentum was built and it came to some important ties. I think in the Slovakia tie (in 2012), the Russia tie (2013), we started to get a bit more belief about the players."
A win over Croatia in 2013, a tie which saw Murray return to the fold after a two-year absence, took Britain back into the World Group.
Smith continued: "Obviously when we started to move towards World Group territory, it's important to have the highest quality. Andy brings us that quality (potentially winning the cup) suddenly became a reality."
