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Andy Murray and Joe Salisbury suffered an agonizing doubles defeat as Nice Britain fell 2-1 to the USA in a draw ending at 12:58am on the Emirates Area in Glasgow.

Dan Evans misplaced the opener to Tommy Paul earlier than Cameron Norrie pulled off a gutsy win over Taylor Fritz to ship the tie right into a doubles decider.

However Andy Murray and Joe Salisbury had been unable to thrill the house crowd and in the end fell to an in a single day loss to fellow Salisbury US Open winner Rajeev Ram and Jack Sock because the US claimed a gap victory in Group D. .

A somber begin to the tie mirrored the interval of nationwide mourning following the Queen’s dying, with the standard music changed by a lone piper and a minute’s silence earlier than the nationwide anthems, whereas the British gamers and assist group wore black ribbons.

Murray and Salisbury acquired a standing ovation as they got here out for the decider at 10pm towards Sock and Ram, with whom Salisbury gained the US Open simply 5 days in the past.

The British pair overcame an extended opening set after which gave the impression to be in command with a 3-1 lead within the second set, however Ram and Sock responded strongly, profitable 5 of the following six video games to stage the match.

Because the clock ticked nicely previous midnight, increasingly followers started to go away, however a large quantity made it to the end, which got here at 12:58 a.m. when Ram and Sock cruised to a 5-7 win, 6-4, 7-5. USA victory within the eliminatory.

Norrie confronted a must-win match after Evans’ opening loss, however the British No. 1 cruised to a 2-6, 7-6 (7-2), 7-5 victory.

She made a really unpromising begin, rapidly dropping the primary set and, after seeing an early break disappear, held on for a lot of the second set.

However he managed to power a tie break, seized his likelihood after which served on the second down.

Norrie, whose Glasgow-raised father David was within the crowd, mentioned: “Actually I owe all of it to the gang, you guys had been wonderful. I wasn’t enjoying my finest tennis, Taylor was blown away.”

“I managed to carry on within the second set, performed nicely within the tie break and held sturdy within the third set once more. Liked the ambiance, it is nice to be again in Glasgow.”

“I knew what I needed to do, I needed to go on the market and get a win for the group and I did it.”

Paul, the No. 2 American, gained a cat-and-mouse sport over Evans 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

Evans broke twice within the opening set however was underneath stress in every service sport and Paul responded instantly each occasions earlier than securing his fourth set level.

Evans acquired a warning for swearing however responded nicely within the second, serving higher and securing the one break in sport 5.

Paul appeared to have made the decisive transfer when he broke for 5-3, however Evans hit again and completed off a superb level with an excellent lob.

Nevertheless, the 32-year-old was once more unable to carry serve, saving two match factors however scoring on the third.

Evans mentioned: “It was a very good match. I most likely misplaced the match within the first set. Very gradual courtroom. It took so much to get used to the balls.

“All credit score to Tommy. I believed he served nicely after I had my probabilities. It is robust. However I suppose one other good effort. That is Davis Cup, proper? They’re all robust video games. We knew this period goes to be robust. It definitely turned out be for me. I performed good tennis. I simply could not recover from the road.”

What’s subsequent for Britain?

The end result makes it nearly sure that Leon Smith might want to beat the Netherlands on Friday (15:00 BST) and Kazakhstan on Sunday (14:00 BST) to succeed in the spherical of 16 in Malaga in November.

There are a complete of 16 nations that aspire to qualify for the Finals, which can be held within the Andalusian metropolis from November 22 to 27, by ending within the first two locations of their group.

Malaga will host the quarter-final levels onwards throughout a six-day conclusion to the competitors.

Different Davis Cup outcomes

All of Wednesday’s ties within the different teams noticed wins for the house groups, with Italy defeating final yr’s finalists Croatia, Germany beating France and Spain, minus US Open champion Carlos Alcaraz, beating Serbia. .

Novak Djokovic was supposed to seem with Serbia, however withdrew for private causes, whereas Rafael Nadal won’t be at this stage.

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