• Nadal beats Dan Evans in singles after Edmund defeats López
Heroes were strewn around the Caja Mágica in various states of disappointment and joy on Saturday but one stood a little taller in Great Britain’s defeat. Kyle Edmund, who has inspired them all week, led his teammates to the brink of their second Davis Cup final in four years, by word and deed, ignoring the seriously late replacement of Pablo Carreño Busta with Spain’s seasoned left-hander, Feliciano López, whom he then tamed in straight sets. It was majestic, but it was not enough.
Almost inevitably, it was Rafael Nadal who spoiled the party for the 2015 champions, beating Dan Evans in the second rubber 6-4, 6-0, then joining López to outlast Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski in the deciding doubles 7-6 (3), 7-6 (8). The match was close throughout, Nadal saving set point on his own serve to force the second tie-break after two hours, and generated as much heat on the court as off.
Written by Kevin Mitchell in Madrid
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/nov/23/rafael-nadal-spain-great-britain-davis-cup-semifinal under the title “Rafael Nadal powers Spain past Great Britain into Davis Cup final”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
