Evans’ first rubber defeat by Denis Shapovalov sealed exitBritain third in Group D behind Canada and Argentina
At the end of a bruising, difficult week that did not play out as they had hoped, the Great Britain Davis Cup team stepped out in Manchester before a record crowd with just one possible path remaining for them to reach the next stage of the competition: they needed to win all three matches against Canada, the strongest team in the group.
While this may have been a realistic possibility on paper, the reality played out as a painful anticlimax. Great Britain were knocked out of contention at the very first hurdle following an excellent performance from Denis Shapovalov, who dismantled Dan Evans 6-0, 7-5 in the opening encounter.
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