TENNIS fans snapped up the first sale of Davis Cup tickets for the Great Britain clash against Argentina in Glasgow in just 30 minutes.

Thousands of Andy Murray supporters grabbed the three-day tickets as organisers released the first wave of golden briefs.

The British team will be defending their title as they take on Argentina in the semi-final at the Emirates Arena next month.

And fans who had signed up as British Tennis Members splashed the cash to book their seats to watch the action on September 16-18.

But some supporters took to social media to complain about the prices that can see some fans pay £270 for a three day ticket.

Bobby O'Rourke wrote: "Just seen ticket prices for September. £30 in total we paid for tickets for all three days in Belgrade.

"£270 for same 3 day ticket here, are you trying to price the ordinary fans out of the game? Is this to become an Elite sport.Prices are a joke."

Tickets were also seen for sale on ticket sites within hours of the sale with some sellers demanding £1100 for a single day ticket.

An LTA spokesman said: "As expected we had high demand.

"Forty per cent of our allocation went on sale this morning at 10am and was sold out within a half an hour.

"The remainder goes on sale tomorrow at 10am and families have the opportunity for the first time ever to purchase up to four tickets per day on either Saturday or Sunday, where kids prices start from £10."

A further ticket sale is due today with single match allocation being released.

Andy Murray is expected to line up in the competition that he helped win in Belgium last year.

Great Britain and Argentina have not faced off in the competition since 2008.

Jamie Murray was part of that British team which lost 4-1 in Buenos Aires.

Argentina have won the last three Davis Cup meetings between the two countries in 1981, 1989 and 2008 while Britain's only win was in 1928 in Torquay.

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