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Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Week 5 - Davis Cup Qualifiers, Round 1: Norway vs Great Britain (indoor hard)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Excellent start back for Jack. Forgot this was on!

Var · Futures level

Nice win Jack. Has he really not been playing competitive tennis for five months? Good to see him back.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
R1: Jack Draper WR 13 defeated Viktor Durasovic (NOR) WR 313 by 2 & 2

R2: Cameron Norrie WR 26 defeated Nicolai Budkov Kjaer (NOR) WR 133 by 4 & 4 smile

Cam was 1-4 down in that second set.

NOR 0 GBR 2

Tomorrow (from 15.00 GMT):

R3: Viktor Durasovic & Lukas Hellum Lilleengen (NOR) CR 943 (491+452) vs Julian Cash & Lloyd Glasspool CR 5 (3+2)

If Julian & Lloyd perform to anything like their normal standard, the reverse singles won't be needed.

seagull · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Smudge226 deserves the credit for prompting this thread by posting a link to Russell Fuller's BBC article on Jack Draper's welcome return to meaningful play in time for the DC. The tie will be played at the Nadderud Arena in Oslo on 5th & 6th February (hope I've got the week number right!). GBR is the seeded team (11), while NOR had the choice of venue. The winner will play Australia (2) or Ecuador in the finals in November. Cam Norrie, Jake Fearnley, Lloyd Glasspool & Julian Cash are also in the squad. GBR leads the head-to-head by 2-0.

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Monday 5th of January 2026 09:41:40 PM

Isnt the Australia or Ecuador tie in September to see who qualifies for finals in November?

Do we know who would be at home?

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

seagull wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
Smudge226 deserves the credit for prompting this thread by posting a link to Russell Fuller's BBC article on Jack Draper's welcome return to meaningful play in time for the DC. The tie will be played at the Nadderud Arena in Oslo on 5th & 6th February (hope I've got the week number right!). GBR is the seeded team (11), while NOR had the choice of venue. The winner will play Australia (2) or Ecuador in the finals in November. Cam Norrie, Jake Fearnley, Lloyd Glasspool & Julian Cash are also in the squad. GBR leads the head-to-head by 2-0.
Isnt the Australia or Ecuador tie in September to see who qualifies for finals in November?
Do we know who would be at home?

Yes, you're quite right, seagull, my mistake: this week's qualifiers are first round matches & the winners will therefore go through to the second round, scheduled for 18th-20th September, which will decide which teams contest the finals, scheduled for 24th-29th November in Bologna. I don't think we'll know which team gets choice of venue until after this week's matches have been completed.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

seagull wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
Smudge226 deserves the credit for prompting this thread by posting a link to Russell Fuller's BBC article on Jack Draper's welcome return to meaningful play in time for the DC. The tie will be played at the Nadderud Arena in Oslo on 5th & 6th February (hope I've got the week number right!). GBR is the seeded team (11), while NOR had the choice of venue. The winner will play Australia (2) or Ecuador in the finals in November. Cam Norrie, Jake Fearnley, Lloyd Glasspool & Julian Cash are also in the squad. GBR leads the head-to-head by 2-0.

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Monday 5th of January 2026 09:41:40 PM
Isnt the Australia or Ecuador tie in September to see who qualifies for finals in November?
Do we know who would be at home?

I think we will be away whoever we play:

Australia - we hosted them in 2015 semis in Glasgow, the year we went on to win the Cup

Ecuador - we hosted them at Wimbledon in 2000 when Arvind Parmar and Tim Henman conjured up a loss to the Lapenttis.

So, if the rules are the same, we would be away to whichever team we play in September. Which isnt ideal. Australia down under in September - similar to the womens team before that! - or Ecuador on clay ?

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
seagull wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
Smudge226 deserves the credit for prompting this thread by posting a link to Russell Fuller's BBC article on Jack Draper's welcome return to meaningful play in time for the DC. The tie will be played at the Nadderud Arena in Oslo on 5th & 6th February (hope I've got the week number right!). GBR is the seeded team (11), while NOR had the choice of venue. The winner will play Australia (2) or Ecuador in the finals in November. Cam Norrie, Jake Fearnley, Lloyd Glasspool & Julian Cash are also in the squad. GBR leads the head-to-head by 2-0.
Isnt the Australia or Ecuador tie in September to see who qualifies for finals in November?
Do we know who would be at home?
Yes, you're quite right, seagull, my mistake: this week's qualifiers are first round matches & the winners will therefore go through to the second round, scheduled for 18th-20th September, which will decide which teams contest the finals, scheduled for 24th-29th November in Bologna. I don't think we'll know which team gets choice of venue until after this week's matches have been completed.

See my reply - Im sure we will be away to whichever of the two we meet.