Andy Murray responded to an earsplitting welcome from his adoring Scottish crowd to put Great Britain 1-0 up in their Davis Cup first round against the United States . In front of a packed 7,700 crowd at a Union Jack-bedecked Emirates Arena in Glasgow he recovered from a brief lull to eventually crush American number two Donald Young 6-1 6-1 4-6 6-2 in just under two hours . The match was over quick enough for Murray to remain as the likely option to play in tomorrow ’ s doubles alongside brother Jamie in the event of the tie ending level today at 1-1 . Andy Murray lets out a celebratory scream as the Brit beats Donald Young in the David Cup . The British No 1 sunk Donald in front of a home crowd in Glasgow , winning the match in four sets . Australian Open finalist Murray pumps the air after claiming victory for Great Britain . Murray beat Young during day 1 of the Davis Cup match between Great Britain and USA . British No 1 Murray won the first two sets against the American . 'To play in front of this crowd is very special and I ’ m glad I managed to play a good match and get the win , ' said Murray . ' I played an extremely high level in the first two sets and it was tough to keep that intensity up . I had a slight lull in the middle of the third set and Donald settled down . ' After getting a deafening reception when he walked onto the court Murray needed to control his emotions sufficiently to concentrate on beating the world number 47 from Atlanta . The pair knocked up in slightly surreal circumstances to the crowd singing along with Runrig ’ s ‘ Loch Lomond ’ and that seemed to inspire the former Wimbledon champion and unnerve the ex junior world number one . Donald Young fought back to take the third set 6-4 but was not able to stage a comeback . Murray saw out the match in the fourth set as Great Britain got off to the perfect start against the US . Australian Open finalist Murray celebrates after winning a point against opponent Young . Murray shows his frustration during the match against Young in Glasgow on Friday . Murray rattled through the first set , not dropping a point on serve as he took it in 21 minutes . He was equally unwavering in taking the second after just 47 minutes ’ overall play with Young pressing too hard and making errors galore on the slow indoor court . The American lefthander found his range more in the third and when the Scot put in a poor game at the end of it was good enough to close it out . To the delight of a partisan but well-behaved crowd he regained his focus in the fourth set and took it after another two breaks . His fist pumping celebration spoke of how much it meant to him . British number two was up against the huge serving John Isner in the singles rubber that followed .
MurrayAndy Murray beat Donald Young in Great Britain 's opening match vs USA . Andy Murray took the first two sets against Young 6-1 in the Davis Cup clash . American fought back to win the third set 6-4 in the Davis Cup match . The Australian Open finalist took the fourth set 6-2 to complete the victory .