BRITISH captain Leon Smith believes his team’s greater experience could swing a well-matched quarter final his way. France skipper Yannick Noah has raised eyebrows by picking world No 65 Jeremy Chardy over Gilles Simon, the No 30 and a veteran of several Davis Cup campaigns. Chardy and team-mate Lucas Pouille have played just six singles rubbers […]
INJURED Andy Murray has been left out of Britain’s Davis Cup quarter final. Murray could still be parachuted in at the last minute for the clash with France in Rouen next week. But the world No 1 is very unlikely to recover from his elbow problem in time and, even if he did, would think […]
CANADA’S Denis Shapovalov has been fined £5,600 for hitting a ball at an umpire in Davis Cup tie against Great Britain. The 17-year-old future star saw red during his clash against Team GB’s Kyle Edmund, whacking a ball away in anger, only to rifle into the match official’s left eye. And now the youngster has […]
BRITAIN reached the Davis Cup quarter-finals in the most amazing way possible – when Canadian Denis Shapovalov was DISQUALIFIED for smashing the ball into the umpire’s eye. Frustrated teenager Shapovalov, 17, blasted the ball towards the crowd and looked as horrified as anyone to see it hit French official Arnaud Gabas – badly bruising his eye. The […]
BRITAIN’S DAVIS CUP hopes depend on Kyle Edmund after Dan Evans lost an epic fourth rubber. Evans came from two sets and break down against Vasek Pospisil but could not outlast the Canadian, who was playing his third match in three days. Now Edmund will have to bounce back from his own drubbing by Pospisil […]