GB face Davis Cup relegation play-off

Great Britain's makeshift Davis Cup team fails to beat Japan as relegation play-off looms
Great Britain will face a relegation play-off in the Davis Cup after their makeshift team failed to make the cut and were beaten 3-2 by Japan. While Jacob Fearnley gave the side hope, this was quickly extinguished as a poor end to Saturday saw them slump out.
Great Britain face Davis Cup relegation play-off after losing 3-2 to Japan
Great Britain face Davis Cup relegation play-off after losing 3-2 to Japan - Britain were without top-ranked players Jack Draper and Cameron Norrie.
Davis Cup: Britain face relegation playoff after Japan loss
Jacob Fearnley and Billy Harris both lost their singles matches on Saturday as Japan earned a 3-2 Davis Cup win over Great Britain in Miki, Japan to send Leon Smith's team to a relegation playoff.
GB face Davis Cup relegation play-off after loss to Japan
Great Britain face a Davis Cup relegation play-off after losing their first-round tie 3-2 against Japan. With the tie level at 1-1 after Friday's opening day, Britain took the lead when Neal Skupski and Joe Salisbury won Saturday's opening rubber 7-6 7-6 against Yosuke Watanuki and Takeru Yuzuki.
Davis Cup: Jacob Fearnley levels qualifying tie for Great Britain against Japan on tennis competition debut
Fresh from his run to the third round at the Australian Open, Scotlands Jacob Fearnley levels Great Britains Davis Cup first-round qualifying tie with Japan after beating former US Open finalist Kei Nishikori in singles;
Australia and U.S. ease though in Davis Cup qualifiers, Japan edge out Britain
Davis Cup heavyweights Australia and the United States eased through the first qualifying round on Saturday but Britain were knocked out as Japan hit back from 2-1 down to win 3-2, while Denmark staged a dramatic comeback to overcome Serbia.
Fearnley shines on Davis Cup debut as Great Britain level Japan tie
Jacob Fearnley delivered an impressive Davis Cup debut as he levelled Great Britain’s tie with Japan after the opening day. With Jack Draper and Cameron Norrie not involved in the first qualification round for the finals, Fearnley was handed his debut as the highest-ranked British player.
Japan fight back to beat Britain in Davis Cup qualifiers, US advance
Japan fought back from 2-1 down to beat Britain 3-2 in their Davis Cup qualifier on Saturday to advance to the second round while the United States sealed a 4-0 victory over Taiwan.
Tennis: Japan defeats Britain to reach 2nd round of Davis Cup q'fiers
Yoshihito Nishioka and Kei Nishikori won their reverse singles matches as Japan came from behind to beat Britain 3-2 in the first round of the Davis Cup team tennis qualifiers Saturday. After Nishioka's 6-3,
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Team GB Davis Cup captain Leon Smith reflects on 'difficult' defeat to Japan in qualifiers
Great Britain’s ambitions of reaching the second round of the Davis Cup qualifiers were dashed by a 3-2 defeat to Japan.
Davis Cup tie 'great opportunity' for new GB names
Leon Smith says Britain's Davis Cup qualifying tie against Japan is a "great opportunity" for others in the absence of Jack ...
Cam Norrie's reason for pulling out of Davis Cup squad as Team GB left hamstrung
Earlier this week, it was confirmed that Norrie had dropped out of the squad to face Japan after initially being selected by captain Leon Smith. He was replaced by Jan Choinski, who sits 191st in the ...
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Jacob Fearnley leads by example on Davis Cup debut with Kei Nishikori win for Great Britain
Without some of their talisman players including Jack Draper and even Cameron Norrie, it is Jacob Fearnley who has the ...