Crew GB have been crushed 2-1 by Argentina of their second Davis Cup group tie on Friday and failed to achieve the knockout levels on the first time of asking.
British No.1 Jack Draper, contemporary from his exploits within the US Open, made his first look at this yr’s Davis Cup towards Francisco Cerundolo however failed to hold his type from Flushing Meadows over to Manchester and was crushed 6-7 (4), 5-7.
Within the first singles match from earlier within the day, Draper’s teammate Dan Evans was crushed 6-2 7-5 by Tomas Martin Etcheverry.
Evans later teamed up with Neal Skupski to assert a comfort victory within the doubles towards Argentine duo Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni.
A win over Argentina would have sealed GB’s progress to the Remaining Eight occasion in Malaga, Spain in November, following their win over Finland on Wednesday.
Nevertheless, they’ll safe their spot within the knockouts with a win over Canada on Sunday.