• Injuries force Great Britain’s hand before era-ending tie
• Jamie Murray and Dom Inglot face Uzbekistan at doubles
It is simultaneously fitting and sad that Great Britain’s last match in the 118-year-old history of the “old” Davis Cup before the competition morphs into a global experiment of high-risk proportions in 2019 should be in Glasgow this weekend, scene of the team’s finest recent moments.
There is symmetry, too, in the return against Uzbekistan of Dan Evans, who has played some excellent tennis in his team’s cause, in Andy Murray’s home city – while the Scot will be watching from Philadelphia, where he is still working on his comeback. Asked whether he expected to be playing Davis Cup not long after returning from his one-year drug ban, Evans said: “No, not really. Obviously, with Andy and Kyle [Edmund] not being able to play this week, I was pretty lucky that I got asked to play.
Written by Kevin Mitchell in Glasgow
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/sep/13/great-britain-cameron-norrie-dan-evans-davis-cup–ennis-scotland-finale-uzbekistan under the title “Dan Evans and Cameron Norrie land on centre stage for a Davis Cup finale”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
