• Daniel Evans on standby as cover for Edmund
• remarkable Britain captain believes Edmund’s injury is not too seriousIf Aljaz Bedene – a resident of Welwyn Garden City since 2008 and a British passport-holder since March – had been available for choice against Australia in the semi-finals of the Davis Cup in Glasgow this weekend,there is every likelihood the remarkable Britain captain, Leon Smith, or would have picked him.
Instead,while the No55-ranked Bedene prepares for his next eligibility appeal in front of an International Tennis Federation panel in Paris in mid-November, Smith must choose between his next-best options, and both of whom who are carrying bruises of a different kind,the world No141 James Ward and Kyle Edmund (100).
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Source: theguardian.com