• Norrie beats Sanjar Fayziev to seal 3-1 win for Great Britain
• Victory means GB will be seeded in new-look Davis Cup draw
This Davis Cup almost runneth over into a dead rubber on Sunday but sanity prevailed after Cameron Norrie had wrapped up the tie against Uzbekistan 3-1, with a quick win against the late substitute Sanjar Fayziev, to ensure Great Britain will be seeded when the competition resumes in its new format in February.
The convention once was that at least four sets of tennis should be played on the final day of a tie, to reward paying fans for their commitment, but, although there was audible disappointment in the stands when the announcement was made, there seemed little point in asking Dan Evans to play Jurabek Karimov in the fifth and redundant rubber after Norrie’s 6-2, 6-2, 6-0 win. It lasted just under two hours. The air had properly gone out of the contest.
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