Ghent (Belgium) (AFP) - Andy Murray can end Britain's 79-year-long wait for a 10th Davis Cup title by defeating David Goffin of Belgium in Ghent on Sunday.The 28-year-old Scot has already restored British tennis pride with his US Open triumph in 2012 -- the first Grand Slam title for a British player since Fred Perry in 1936 -- and his momentous Wimbledon victory the following year, again the first for a Brit since Perry in 1936.He also became the first British winner of Olympics singles gold in 2012, but a Davis Cup clincher on Sunday, with Britain already 2-1 ahead, would have a special resonance given the unique nature of the team competition.Murray has been something of a one-man show in the Davis Cup this year, taking full advantage of the absence of elite players Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.He has won all 10 rubbers he has played in - seven singles and three doubles - as Britain has powered past heavyweights United States, France and Australia en route to a surprise final against upstarts Belgium.A win against Goffin in the first of Sunday's reverse singles would make him just the third player -- after John McEnroe and Mats Wilander -- to win eight singles ties in a single calendar year since the Davis Cup World Group was started in 1981.On paper, and despite the fact that Goffin will be playing on clay -- his preferred surface -- and in front of a mainly Belgium crowd in the Flanders Expo centre, Murray will start a strong favourite.He has never lost a set to Goffin and, in their last meeting in the Paris Masters three weeks ago, he won in under an hour for the loss of just one game.Still, Murray sounded a cautious note after he and brother Jamie had defeated Goffin and Steve Darcis in four sets in Saturday's doubles to set up Sunday's potentially title-clinching scenario."I'm not getting ahead of myself.

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