The Lawn Tennis Association did not have long to bask in the glory of a first Davis Cup glory since 1936 before a few home truths landed.

Captain Leon Smith deserves lots of credit for galvanising the team from a low ebb four and a half years ago to the pinnacle and there are suggestions the British team will land Team of the Year at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards on December 20.

But the inescapable fact is it was the Murrays who won it. And Andy in particular.

True, James Ward’s singles victory over John Isner against the United States in the first round in March was heroic.

But, since then, this has been the most individual of team triumphs. The other 11 rubbers won by the British team were won by Andy Murray – three of them in doubles partnership with his brother Jamie.

And if the LTA hoped the world number two was about to share some of the credit with them, they were in for a rude awakening.

Murray instead suggested “sometimes I feel like you waste time because nothing gets done” about his dialogue with those running British tennis, but it was his comments about the £40m white elephant – the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton, which should really hit home.

On a visit in October, Murray found precisely no one to practice with.

"I was there on a Monday at about 3pm and then on Tuesday, at the same time," he said.

"There was not one person using any of the indoor courts and not one person in the gym.

“I took photos of it because the place cost like £40m and there are no people."

For Michael Downey to have announced the centre would no longer be the base for UK players in the summer of 2014, a decision that contributed to Richmond-based former junior US Open champion Oliver Golding quitting the game, was one thing.

But for the LTA officials to be able to be based in such a state-of-the-art facility and not ensure it is being used by someone, anyone, simply beggars belief.

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