Henman clinches GB win

LUXEMBOURG 1-4 GREAT BRITAIN Friday singles Muller bt Parmar Kremer lost to Henman Saturday doubles Muller/Scheidweiler lost to Henman/Rusedski Sunday singles Muller lost to Henman Kremer lost to Rusedski Gamewatch: Muller v Henman Day two report Day one report Photos from the tie

Tim Henman beat Gilles Muller to clinch victory for Great Britain in their Davis Cup tie against Luxembourg.

Henman won 7-6 6-2 6-1 to give Britain an unassailable lead and Greg Rusedski then beat Mike Scheidweiler in the dead rubber to make the final score 4-1.

Henman survived two set points in the first set before winning a tie-break and coasting through the next two sets.

Rusedski then stepped in for Arvind Parmar and got some much-needed match practice to beat Scheidweiler 6-3 7-6.

Muller began confidently and broke Henman in the third game.

Although the Briton broke back when Muller was serving for the set, he then went 15-40 down on his own serve.

He kept his nerve to avoid the danger and then raced through the tie-break and thereafter it was plain sailing.

"To begin with, I didn't feel I was getting forward enough," the 29-year-old told BBC Sport.

"The first set was definitely up for grabs and early on he was probably the one dictating most of the points.

So many positives have come out of the three days of this tie GB captain Jeremy Bates

"But I felt very good physically and mentally and I was ready to stay out there as long as it took."

Rusedski, playing his first singles match since January, did not drop a set against part-time fireman Scheidweiler.

The 30-year-old Briton won the first 6-3 and then edged the second-set tie-break 7-5.

Great Britain captain Jeremy Bates said he was "delighted" with how the tie had panned out.

"It has been one of the most enjoyable weeks I've ever had," said Bates after his first match in charge of the team.

"So many positives have come out of the three days of this tie - Greg has returned to the team and Tim has been outstanding.

"We came into a situation where we were expected to win but got the job done extremely professionally," he added.