Great Britain should beat France in Sunday’s Davis Cup conflict if they’re to qualify for the quarter-finals of the competitors.
Australia’s 3-0 success in opposition to Switzerland on Sunday despatched them by way of to the ultimate eight week in Malaga in November, and the winner of the ultimate group conflict at Manchester’s AO Arena will be part of them.
Britain have carried out excellently to date, beating Australia and Switzerland 2-1, however the nature of the opposite outcomes means solely one other win can be sufficient.
Captain Leon Smith has used all 4 of his singles gamers throughout the 2 ties to date and now faces a tough choice about who to subject on Sunday.
Jack Draper and Dan Evans each claimed robust wins in opposition to Australia whereas Andy Murray floor out an epic win in opposition to younger Swiss Leandro Riedi earlier than Cameron Norrie was overwhelmed by Stan Wawrinka.
“Everyone’s played now,” mentioned Smith. “We’ve got a full deck of cards to play with on Sunday. Ultimately we’ll go with what we think’s the best option for Sunday but everyone’s available, everybody’s ready to go.
“You’re not always going to get the decisions right, and there’s not a right answer most of the time. You can look at match-ups as much as you want but there’s other equations in there.
“Genuinely this time round it feels like everyone’s in it together in the right way, everyone’s been totally accepting of any decisions that I’ve made. There’s not been any ill feeling towards it at all.
“There’s always going to be disappointment because these guys are great players, they all want to play.”
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Draper and Evans, who may also play within the doubles rubber with Neal Skupski, are maybe the entrance runners, though Murray famously has an amazing document in opposition to each French gamers and left-handers and has gained all three of his earlier conferences with quantity two Adrian Mannarino.
A crowd of greater than 13,000, a document for a single day of Davis Cup motion within the UK, is anticipated.
