British primary Cameron Norrie has pulled out of subsequent week’s Paris Masters with a knee harm, however is predicted to be match sufficient for the Davis Cup Finals.
Norrie, ranked 18th on the planet, had remedy for the problem in the course of the second set of his defeat by Alexander Zverev in Vienna on Wednesday.
Britain have already got a health concern after Dan Evans suffered a serious-looking calf harm on the identical occasion.
GB face Serbia – led by Novak Djokovic – within the quarter-finals on 23 November.
Norrie, 28, stays the nation’s main males’s participant regardless of a poor run of type and has been picked by British captain Leon Smith in the identical five-man squad, together with Andy Murray, which reached the Davis Cup Remaining Eight.
His withdrawal from Paris – the ultimate Masters event of the ATP Tour season – is believed to be a precautionary transfer and he’s anticipated to be match sufficient to play alongside his team-mates in Malaga.
The possibilities of British quantity two Evans taking part in are a lot much less sure.
Evans, 33, was main 4-1 towards American opponent Frances Tiafoe within the Vienna first spherical on Tuesday when he pulled up sharply on the baseline.
He regarded forlorn as he acquired remedy and it quickly grew to become clear he can be unable to proceed within the match.
The extent of the harm will turn out to be extra obvious within the subsequent few days.
Evans was notably instrumental in securing Britain’s spot within the Malaga occasion, profitable essential matches in each the singles and doubles when the squad beat Australia, Switzerland and France in Manchester final month.
If Evans just isn’t match to play within the Davis Cup, it’s seemingly a doubles participant will likely be known as as much as function alongside Norrie, Andy Murray, Jack Draper and Neal Skupski, with Joe Salisbury or Jamie Murray the main the candidates.
Evans has teamed up with Wimbledon champion Skupski to type Smith’s most well-liked doubles group, with the pair preventing again to save lots of 4 match factors earlier than profitable a nerve-wracking decider towards France.