Dan Evans and Neal Skupski saved four match points in the deciding doubles to send Britain through to the last eight.
His has been one of the more tumultuous careers in British tennis and last year he annoyed captain Leon Smith and his team-mates by publicly airing his grievances about not being picked in doubles after Britain crashed out in the group stage in Glasgow.
“You can’t get every decision right as captain. What’s important I think is how we came together not just here but when we were in Colombia together. Having a strong doubles team is central to success in the new Davis Cup format, where ties are played over three rubbers rather than five. “We had the benefit at one point of having the best player in the world in our team. Obviously Jamie and Andy doing those things and winning a lot of matches, then the others pitched in and we became really strong.
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