Lleyton Hewitt says pressure is on Andy Murray in Davis Cup

Lleyton Hewitt believes all the pressure will be on Andy Murray when Great Britain face Australia in the Davis Cup semi-final in Glasgow.

World No 3 Murray played three matches in as many days as Britain defeated France in July and he is expected to do the same against Australia this weekend.

"I think a lot of the pressure is obviously on Andy so whoever gets the opportunity to face him on day one has got nothing to lose, you can go out free swinging and play your game," said Hewitt.

"I think Andy pretty much has got to win that match in a lot of ways so it's going to be a bigger rubber for them, I think, and these young boys are big match players as well.

"Grothy [Sam Groth] and I teamed really well under massive pressure in Darwin in July so we're going to be ready for the battle all weekend.

"I have a great relationship with Andy, I know that he's been massive for the sport of tennis right across Great Britain and obviously the support that he gets coming back here to play in Scotland, he's very proud to be Scottish."

The Australian team is made up of Hewitt, Groth, Thanasi Kokkinakis and Bernard Tomic, who returns to the team after being dropped in July for criticising Tennis Australia.

Australia captain Wally Masur believes he has good variety in his team and has prepared a plan to take on Murray.

"We've got all the respect in the world for him but we look at every match as an opportunity, there's no doubt about that," he said.

"If Andy is going to play three days that's part and parcel of Davis Cup. This guy [Hewitt] has done it on numerous occasions and I know what he went through to prepare himself to do that. It's not easy and it's definitely part of our focus."

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