Belgian No. 1 David Goffin will take on British No. 2 Kyle Edmund in the opening rubber of Friday's Davis Cup final in Ghent. The second rubber of the day sees top British player Andy Murray go up against Ruben Bemelmans. Murray will link up with brother Jamie for Saturday's doubles against Kimmer Coppejans and Steve Darcis. For the reverse singles Sunday, Murray will take on Goffin in a battle of the two top players with Bemelmans against Edmund to follow. "I don't know Kyle a lot. I think he has a great potential. On clay he could be a really good opponent tomorrow. He won challengers on clay court. I think he's really talented," Goffin said of 20-year-old Edmund, who will be making his Davis Cup debut. Britain is seeking its 10th Davis Cup win in all, but first since 1936 when Fred Perry ruled the roost. Belgium's only previous appearance in the final came 111 years ago when it lost to what was then the British Isles. The central figure in the Friday to Sunday clash at the 13,000-capacity Flanders Expo is undoubtedly British No. 1 Murray. Ranked second in the world, he has been the inspiration behind his country reaching the Davis Cup final for the first time since 1978, winning all eight rubbers he has played — six singles and two doubles — against heavyweights the United States, France and Australia. Should he win both his singles — as he is heavily favored to do — he would be just the third player after John McEnroe and Mats Wilander — to win all eight Davis Cup singles matches in the same year. Murray insisted, though, that it would be wrong to assume that the final boiled down to a case of him against Belgium. "I think if you look at it that way, they're actually putting a lot of pressure on their own players in the other matches, to be honest," he said. "I'm happy to take as much pressure on my shoulders as is needed. 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."
