Davis Cup: UK to face the outburst of relegation after defeat in Japan in the tennis qualifying circle | Tennis news
The UK is facing the play-off of the Davis Cup players after the makeshift team Japan beat 3-2.
Jacoba Fearnley’s debut debut, the impressive victory of singles on Friday gave Nada Leon Smith in a victory, although without the semifinalist Grand Slama Jack Draper and Cameron Norriei.
These hopes intensified when experienced couples Neal group and Joe Salisbury won on Saturday an introductory gum 7-6 (4) 7-6 (3) against Yosuke Watanuki and Taker Yuzuki.
But neither Fearnley nor Billy Harris could pick up the single victory that Britain was supposed to reach the second round of qualifying.
Fearnley, a fast-growing 23-year-old who played in his first Davis Cup game, beat Yoshihito Nishioka 6-3 7-6 (0), who sits 10 seats above the SCOT on the 67th year.
This set a decisive match between World issue 129 Billy Harris and former US Open finalist Kei Nishikori, who made it easier to win 6-2 6-3 in the Bourbon Beans dome in Miki.
Britain will now need to win the theft in September to keep its place in a top level next season.
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