Nice Britain have been eradicated from the Davis Cup after Dan Evans was defeated 6-0, 7-5 by Denis Shapovalov within the first match of their closing group-stage contest in opposition to Canada.
Britain wanted to win all three of Sunday’s video games to be able to progress to the knockout stage in November however Evans succumbed in straight units to world No. 100 Shapovalov.
The primary set was nearly a formality because the Canadian did not drop a sport, earlier than Evans settled within the second, forcing his opponent to save lots of a number of break factors.
Nonetheless, the set remained on serve till its closing sport, the place an under-hit Evans backhand hit the online to finish Nice Britain’s hopes for an additional yr.
Jack Draper takes on Felix Auger-Aliassime within the second match of the competition, earlier than a doubles match which sees Evans associate with Neal Skupski in opposition to Shapovalov and Auger-Aliassime.
The final time Draper and Auger-Aliassime confronted off resulted in controversy within the spherical of 16 on the Cincinnati Open, because the Brit gained the match regardless of the ball showing to the touch the ground earlier than going over the online on match level.
Canada advance to the following stage together with Argentina from Britain’s group. Leon Smith’s group’s solely win got here in opposition to Finland.
