Poland missing their two best players in single – Hubert Hurkacz and Kamil Majchrzak – Fery’s opponent, Pieczkowski, is their best classified player.
This meant that Great Britain was heavy favorites entering the tie, which was compared to A Premier League team facing a non -league team in FA Cup.
But Captain Leon Smith warned that it was not necessarily so simple. And so it turned out that Norrie did a hard work of her match against Berkieta, 19, ranked 511 places below him.
Norrie was immediately on the rear foot, saving two breaking points in her opening service match.
A delicate ensemble followed with no player not invoking other breakup opportunities and the post forcing a break in equality.
Norrie saved two section points before missing three of her own in a break in equality widespread by errors, but a double fault of Berkieta, then the punctual of Norrie serves as a sealed the 30 -year opening match.
Norrie then showed her experience in set two while Berkieta’s belief and level took place and a first service break was sufficient for Norrie to obtain the victory and the first point of Great Britain.
A biceps and a torn illness had prevented the former top 10 Norrie player playing the Davis Cup since the quarterfinals of 2023 with Serbia.
He has already played 22 tournaments this year, but said that playing for his country was “one of my favorite weeks” of the year.
Great Britain lost 3-2 in Japan in the first round of the Davis Cup this year, and must therefore win this equality to maintain their status among the elite. The defeat would mean a February dam, which could lead to a relegation to the World Group 2.
