ANDY Murray has backed Leon Smith to make the correct decision today when it comes to finalising his selection for the Davis Cup Final against Belgium next weekend.

The Glaswegian has taken Great Britain from the depths of Euro/Africa Zone II to the cusp of their first victory in the World Cup of team tennis since 1936.

But he has a huge call to make this morning, regardless of whether the ITF rule that Aljaz Bedene, the Slovenian-born World No.45, is eligible to represent his adopted country in the tie.

Kyle Edmund, James Ward and Dan Evans have all won recent tournaments on the ATP Challenger Tour and while Murray is leaning towards picking Bedene in the event that he wins his appeal, he his happy to leave the decision in the hands of his former coach.

"My view is that the process has taken such a long time that it is awkward timing now," said the 28-year-old, after he got his ATP World Tour Finals campaign underway with a convincing 6-4, 6-4 win against David Ferrer of Spain. "I think everyone thinks that. Whereas if this decision was made seven months ago, we wouldn't even be having the discussion.

"It isn't his [Bedene's] fault that it's taken such a long time. It's also not his fault that it's 10 days before the Davis Cup Final. I'm not the one that makes the rules.

"If he wins his appeal and is able to play, then if I'm the captain, I'm picking my strongest team to try and win. But that's Leon's decision.

"That's what he's paid to do. I'm sure he'll make the right one and give us the best chance to win."

Murray, meanwhile, is putting safety concerns ahead of next weekend's Davis Cup final in Belgium to the back of his mind in a determination not to let the terrorists win.

The trail behind Friday's attacks in Paris, which left 129 people dead, leads directly to the Brussels suburb of Molenbeeek, where authorities have made a number of arrests and police have launched an anti-terrorism investigation.

The ITF announced this week that security for the final, to be played in nearby Ghent, would be ramped up as a consequence but the World No.2, who will travel with his brother Jamie, captain Leon Smith, the rest of the British Davis Cup team and an estimated 1,000 fans, feels it is important that sport carries on as normal.

"I think everybody right now is concerned about things," said Murray. "But I do think the best thing that we can do is to live our normal lives, not change too much, because then the terrorists are the ones that are winning.

"We need to go out there and do what we always do and try not to change too much. That's all we can do. I don't want to live my life in fear each time I step on a tennis court. So that's what I'll do.

"All of sport really has united in solidarity for the victims of a terrible, terrible tragedy," added the 28-year-old, a survivor, of course, of the Dunblane tragedy back in 1996.

"Obviously everyone was very upset by it and it was a terrible situation. Hopefully everyone can come together and try and sort it out."

Murray had previously cast doubt on his participation in this event, due to the difficulties of combining it with preparing for the Davis Cup final, which will be played on an indoor clay court, but he said he was feeling no ill effects with his occasionally troublesome back.

"If he was being picky, his one gripe on the day was a failure to return more efficiently.

"Everything's been good [with the back]," he said. "I am very happy about that.

"If I didn't play here, I would have gone three weeks or something without playing a match before the Davis Cup Final.

"Obviously it's a different surface here, but playing matches against the best players in the world is also fantastic preparation."

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