Australia will meet Great Britain on the hard courts of Glasgow in their Davis Cup semi-final, if Andy Murray has the final say.
The world No.3, who clinched an inspirational 4-6 7-6 (7/5) 6-3 6-0 win over France's Gilles Simon in the quarter-finals at Queen's, wants the September 18-20 tie to be played at Glasgow's Emirates Arena.
"I want to play at the best possible venue where we can get the most amount of people," Murray said. "I would imagine at that time of year it would have to be indoors so you would expect a great atmosphere.
"It doesn't matter where the tie is played. It's just about getting the crowd and when we played in Glasgow (where Britain beat the US) earlier this year the atmosphere was incredible.
"You could say they deserve it because of how great a job they did there. I think they lifted everyone.
"Wardy (James Ward) played a great match there against John Isner, Dom (Dominic Inglot) and Jamie were fantastic in the doubles against the Bryans and the crowd got right into it as well.
"It was a good venue."
The British team, together with captain Leon Smith, must now decide what surface and venue will give them the best chance of winning when they come up against the likes of Lleyton Hewitt, Nick Kyrgios, Thanasi Kokkinakis and Sam Groth.
Murray's gutsy win over Simon was his third in as many days at Queen's and marked a remarkable effort from the Briton, who was dumped out of the Wimbledon semi-finals by Roger Federer only nine days ago.
The 28-year-old celebrated his victory by leaping about the court with a Union Flag in hand and he then broke down in tears as he slumped into his chair.
"You can't control your emotions, when they come they come, it was good to let it out. It's been a tough 10 days or so," Murray said.
"I wasn't thinking loads, I was obviously really glad I managed to get through that match.
"I was very happy we had won the tie but I wasn't thinking loads. It was just a build-up of everything you feel over the last few days."
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