Great Britain needed to beat Canada to stand a chance of progressing to the Davis Cup finals but singles defeats for Jack Draper and Dan Evans saw their hopes go up in smoke

Raging Jack Draper smashed his racket off the floor SIX times after dropping the first set in the Davis Cup to Felix Auger-Aliassime. The young Brit is one of the rising stars in the current game and is representing Great Britain at the combined team and singles tournament where they've been drawn against Canada.

" Tennis is a sport for losers, we can't win every week and so every week we need to learn and adapt to the challenges we face."

Coupled with Dan Evans ' 6-2 7-5 loss to Tomas Martin Etcheverry, it meant Argentina wrapped up victory ahead of the doubles rubber and dealt a huge blow to Britain's chances of reaching the final eight event in Malaga in November.

Team GB were beaten 2-0 by Argentina in their second Davis Cup group tie and failed to reach the knockout stages at the first time of asking.

Jack Draper may have lost his Davis Cup match against Argentine Francisco Cerundolo but he did not lose any of his candour afterwards, saying: “It’s going to be very hard for players of my age to achieve longevity.