Debutant Billy Harris and Dan Evans ensure Great Britain's quest to reach the Davis Cup knockout stage starts strongly - even in the absence of Jack Draper.
Debutant Billy Harris and veteran Dan Evans ensured Great Britain's quest to reach the Davis Cup knockout stage started strongly - even without the rested Jack Draper.
US Open semi-finalist Draper celebrated the victory from sidelines, having sat out this opening tie following his exploits in New York over the past fortnight. The bedrock of Harris' game is his first serve, which he demonstrated in an impressive opening set where he won 95% of those which he landed. He has dropped to outside the world's 150 in recent months but, in front of a three-quarters full Manchester Arena, demonstrated why he remains so important to Smith's squad.
Booming first serves of above 130mph were backed up by speedy second serves, while he made Evans ask questions from the baseline in patient rallies. But his experience and nous told in the tie-break, playing with a touch more aggression to bring up four set points and pressure Vasa into a double fault on the third.
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