ANDY MURRAY accused his team-mates of failing to show enough desire or emotion as Britain flopped to defeat against Austria in the Davis Cup.

The world No 4 was cheesed off after winning both his matches over the weekend at Wimbledon, only to see his team still lose 3-2 and suffer relegation into the Euro-Africa Zone.

British No 2 Alex Bogdanovic — flakier than a Cadbury’s chocolate bar which comes in a yellow wrapper — lost in the fifth and deciding rubber against Alex Peya despite a strong start.

Murray, who beat bitter rival Jurgen Melzer in four sets earlier in the day, was frustrated by Bogdanovic’s performance and body language as world No 164 Peya won 2-6 6-4 6-4 6-2.

Bogdanovic also lost his singles match on Friday while, crucially, Jamie Murray and Ross Hutchins were swept aside in Saturday’s doubles.

US Open finalist Murray said: “Every time I play Davis Cup, I get fired up for every match. Some people have disputed the fact whether I enjoy playing for my country but that is not the case.

“It means a lot to me and I really wanted to beat Melzer.

“The atmosphere in my matches was good but in the others, it wasn’t.

“In both of my matches, I’ve played well, showed a lot of emotion and have got the crowd motivated.

“You have to be prepared to break rackets for your country. In the Davis Cup, the home team wins 82 per cent of matches.

“The other guys didn’t get the crowd involved enough.

“I don’t know what captain John Lloyd is telling the players when he is sat out there on court but it is not up to him — or me — to tell them to get the crowd involved.

“The players should be able to work that out.

“In the doubles, we didn’t really have any chances but I want to see emotion. I want to see much more emotion.

“If you have a home tie, you have to use that advantage.

“It’s tough to win two matches but still lose the tie.

“I’ve made sacrifices to play in the Davis Cup.

“I want every single person in the Davis Cup team to show the same sacrifices.

“I want to know that everyone in the team wants to win as badly as I do.

“If I play in a Davis Cup match and I don’t feel everyone is as keen as me, then this will be demotivating.

“I thought Alex was in a good position. He won the first set and had chances in the second. But you have to take them. Peya started to struggle but he fought back.”

Murray was also annoyed that there were about 4,000 empty seats at the 11,300- capacity court.

He added: “I would prefer to have a full court with the 4,000 tickets they cannot sell given to kids.”

This was a bad defeat for Britain but it is difficult to blame either captain Lloyd or Murray. The fact 142-ranked Bogdanovic is our second-best singles player says it all.

Murray, who beat Melzer 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-1, cheered Bogdanovic from the sidelines before watching the rest of the match in the locker room.

Reacting to Murray’s comments, Lloyd said: “Andy, in his subtle way, is trying to give everyone a kick up the backside. Hopefully, some of the guys will see that.

“The work ethic has to improve among all the players.”

Bogdanovic said: “I agree with what Andy’s trying to say. But if I get too pumped up, I can then become flat.”