ANDY Murray has warned Davis Cup rivals Belgium not to dismiss Great Britain as a one-man team. It was confirmed yesterday that the World No 2 would play all three days as Britain aim to win back the world cup of team tennis for the first time since 1936, and while the Scot is happy to shoulder the burden at the end of a long season he reckons David Goffin would be making a mistake if he under-estimates Kyle Edmund. The 20-year-old from Yorkshire, who has been handed a dramatic Davis Cup debut by captain Leon Smith for the tie, takes on World No 16 Goffin first up in today's finals.

Murray is next up against World No 109 Ruben Bemelmans, while the inclusion of a third singles player in the form of James Ward rather than doubles expert Dom Inglot is an insurance policy in the event that Murray or Edmund suffer injury. For now, Belgium captain Johan van Herck has selected Steve Darcis and Kimmer Coppejans to contest the doubles on Saturday against the Murray brothers, but that is subject to change until an hour before the tie.

"I'm happy to take as much pressure on my shoulders as is needed," said the World No 2. "I've been in that position I think a lot of times in my career. I think I will be able to deal with it okay. But I also believe in all of the players in our team. Everyone, when they've been asked to, have stepped up and performed extremely well in the Davis Cup. Kyle has a lot of weapons on the court. It's not going to be an easy match for David. If they are looking at it as Belgium versus me then I think that is counter-productive to be honest."

Compared to some Davis Cup ties this year, Murray feels fit and fresh enough to go the distance. If he wins all three rubbers to inspired Great Britain to the Davis Cup he would become only the fourth player in the Open Era to win at least 11 ties in a calendar year. The only non-Murray point was gained by Ward against John Isner of the USA in Glasgow.

"The match against France I found very tough," said the World No 2. "That came on the back of the French Open, Queen's and Wimbledon, which for me is a very stressful time of year. And they were quite draining matches. But I think I should be fine here. You never know how the matches are going to pan out, but I'd imagine I'd be okay."

While Inglot has been included in all three of Britain's three previous ties during 2015, Smith said that part of his selection decision was actually "fairly simplistic". "There was no way Andy and Jamie wouldn't be playing this rubber," said Smith. "They've played with such quality in the last two ties. So as soon as we made that decision, it's much better to have more singles options because who knows what happens over the next couple of days."

While Murray was fine tuning his game at the ATP World Tour finals, Bemelmans was playing in a French club championship match in Brittany. The left hander and World No 109, reckons he could be something of a surprise package. "I think I probably know him better, how he plays, than him me," said the 27-year-old. "Maybe I have a slight advantage there."

Perhaps not. Murray, as ever, is like a walking encyclopaedia when it comes to other tennis players' strengths and weaknesses. "We're not that surprised [that he and not Darcis was picked]," said the 28-year-old. "The last couple days obviously Leon and the coaching team have been watching their practices. That was kind of what we thought was going to happen. So it's good that we were prepared for that.

"I don't know him extremely well, but I've watched some of his matches this year," he added. "I saw him play at the US Open a bit. I saw some of his match against Wawrinka. I watched some videos of him playing in the Davis Cup before."