All the pressure is on Andy Murray in Britain’s Davis Cup semi-final with Australia, according to opponent Lleyton Hewitt.

The teams meet in Glasgow this weekend, with the British side playing at this stage of the team competition for the first time in 34 years.

Murray played three matches in as many days as Britain defeated France in July and he may do the same against Australia.

Veteran Hewitt, who is to retire after the Australian Open in January, said he has a “great relationship” with Murray but believes the weight of expectation is on the Scottish player.

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

“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.

“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.

“We’re going to try and come up with the best team play to win three out of the five matches.”

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.

Captain Wally Masur believes he has good variety in his team.

He said: “We’ve got respect for Andy but we look at every match as an opportunity, there’s no doubt about that.

“If Andy is going to play three days that’s part and parcel of Davis Cup. 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.”