Jacob Fearnley beat former global quantity 4 Kei Nishikori 6-3 6-3 on his Davis Cup debut to degree Nice Britain’s first-round tie with Japan.
The 23-year-old, who beat Nick Kyrgios within the Australian Open previous this month, has risen to 77 on this planet ratings from 646 over the last one year.
The British quantity 3 persisted his upward push in opposition to Nishikori to degree the qualifier at 1-1, following Yoshihito Nishioka’s 7-5 6-1 victory in opposition to Billy Harris in Miki.
The tie might be made up our minds on Saturday, when Fearnley takes on Nishioka and Nishikori faces Harris in a opposite of Friday’s singles suits.
British duo Neal Skupski and Joe Salisbury play Yosuke Watanuki and Takeru Yuzuki within the doubles.
British primary Jack Draper pulled out of the tie to be able to proceed his rehabilitation from a hip harm.
Cameron Norrie, the British quantity two, withdrew with sickness and his substitute, Jan Choinski, additionally pulled out.