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Davis Cup: Great Britain suffers new tennis low with defeat in Lithuania
There were at least 29 million reasons why the Lawn Tennis Association’s officials should have been burning up with embarrassment in the Baltic on Sunday night.
Embarrassing defeat shames LTA
Remigijus Balzekas, the Lithuania captain, kept apologising when he was asked a question by a British journalist. The only people who should have been saying sorry were those who have lived very nicely thank you while the game in Britain has fallen into unacceptable disrepair.
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As it turned out, Dan Evans was not quite up to the task of beating an inspired, even younger opponent in Laurynas Grigelis, and Britain's standing in the Davis Cup slid further into the realms of national sporting embarrassment.
The LTA spent £500,000 last year financing its elaborate canteen at Roehampton's National Tennis Centre, which is five times the annual budget for Lithuanian tennis.
Britain’s tennis hellbow!
BRITISH tennis crashed to a new low yesterday with a humiliating Davis Cup defeat in LITHUANIA.
Dan Evans defeat brings fresh Davis Cup despair for Britain
British tennis sunk to a new low today with defeat by Lithuania in the Davis Cup.
After James Ward's defeat by Ricardas Berankis earlier today, the result came down to the last singles rubber between Dan Evans and Laurynas Grigelis, a player ranked 269 places below the Birmingham teenager at 521 in the world and who has never played a match on the ATP World Tour.
After James Ward's defeat by Ricardas Berankis earlier today, the result came down to the last singles rubber between Dan Evans and Laurynas Grigelis, a player ranked 269 places below the Birmingham teenager at 521 in the world and who has never played a match on the ATP World Tour.
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