Lloyd Harris carries South Africa’s Davis Cup hopes in Irene
SA’s top Davis Cup player, Lloyd Harris, says he is feeling no extra pressure ahead of his team’s campaign against Israel at the Irene country club in Pretoria on Friday. Play starts at 4pm. Harris was drawn to play Israel’s No2, Edan Leshem, in the opening rubber of a contest rated as SA’s toughest yet by captain Marcos Ondruska. Harris‚ who turns 21 in late February, is 25 days older than New York-born Leshem but‚ at 289 in the world‚ he is 35 spots lower on the world rankings. "It’s definitely business as usual‚" Harris said at the draw on Thursday. "Obviously we’re coming up against a tough team but we’re playing in front of the home crowd. We’ve done really well here in Irene. So I’m pretty confident‚ me and the team‚ we’ll just give it our best on the weekend and hopefully we’ll get the result that we want." Unbeaten so far at their Irene base‚ SA are now in Group I‚ just one below the main draw of the Davis Cup. "It’s a quality team‚ the best team we have faced‚" said Ondrusk...
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