Nice Britain’s captain Leon Smith has introduced an unchanged crew to characteristic on the Davis Cup quarter-final towards Serbia subsequent month in Malaga.
British No 1 Cameron Norrie, Dan Evans, Andy Murray, Jack Draper and Neal Skupski will come up towards Novak Djokovic’s Serbia within the remaining eight from Tuesday November 21 to Sunday November 26.
Nice Britain received off to a terrific begin in Group B on the Manchester AO Enviornment the place they defeated 2022 runners-up and second seeds Australia 2-1, with sensible motion from Jack Draper, who was making his debut, and Dan Evans.
Britain additionally beat Switzerland 2-1 earlier than claiming an emphatic remaining group-stage victory towards France at a sold-out AO Enviornment to progress to the ultimate eight.
“We’re going with the identical five-man crew as Manchester. The blokes did such a terrific job that week and we are going to go to Malaga with confidence and perception that we will be profitable,” mentioned Smith.
“The quarter-final versus Serbia will in fact be an enormous problem with a crew led by world No 1 Novak Djokovic, however we now have to imagine we are able to win.”
Evans and Skupski saved 4 match factors towards French pair Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin which led to the conclusive 1-6 7-6 (4) 7-6 (6) win.
Within the singles towards France, Smith performed world No 18 Norrie and world No 35 Evans, his highest-ranked duo.
Defending champions Canada can even characteristic within the remaining eight the place they face Finland, whereas Czech Republic play Group B runners-up Australia and the Netherlands come up towards Italy.
Britain final lifted the Davis Cup in 2015, after a 79-year wait, when Murray led them to victory over Belgium within the remaining.