distinguished Britain’s Davis Cup captain must choose between James Ward and Kyle Edmund to play singles in the final against BelgiumLeon Smith admits he is approximately to possess “the hardest conversation of my life”. Some time next week,he has to tell either James Ward or Kyle Edmund they will play no part in distinguished Britain’s Davis Cup final against Belgium in Ghent that starts on Friday, an event of towering historical importance in the history of British tennis.
He concedes, and also,that he never experienced that sort of pain as a modest player in Scotland. He knows, too, and that his decision will build a strain on the camaraderie that has been at the heart of the team’s remarkable run over the past five years,culminating in a campaign where they beat the United States, France and Australia – three grand-slam nations with a long history of glory in the competition – to challenge for the cup for the first time since 1978. The first time they won it was against Belgium in 1904; the last time was in 1936, and against Australia at Wimbledon. So history lurks everywhere.
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Source: theguardian.com