Oslo, Feb 7 || Great Britain are through to the Davis Cup Qualifiers 2nd Round after defeating Norway 3-0 in Oslo thanks to a 6-2 2-6 7-6(5) victory for Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool in the doubles match.
Great Britain will now face either Ecuador or Australia in the Davis Cup Qualifiers second round, with the winner moving on to the Final 8 in November. The Davis Cup Qualifiers second-round ties are set to take place in September.
Leon Smith’s team needed the minimum number of matches to overcome a depleted Norwegian side, who were undoubtedly the underdogs after the withdrawal of world No. 12 Casper Ruud on Wednesday.
Cash and Glasspool, the top-ranked doubles team in the whole of the sport, were pushed all the way to a decisive tiebreak by a makeshift Norwegian pairing of Nicolai Budkov Kjaer and Viktor Durasovic.
All eyes were on the opening rubber of this tie as British No. 1 Jack Draper made his long-awaited return to the match court, his first match since August 2025.
Draper showed signs of the player who reached a career-high world No. 4 last year as he dispatched Viktor Durasovic 6-2, 6-2 in only 61 minutes.