Davis Cup 2019: Great Britain v Germany quarter-final – live!

A great performance from Edmund so far, but there aren’t that many people there to see it.

First set: Kyle Edmund 6-3 Philipp Kohlschreiber (GBR 0-0 GER): Kyle Edmund takes the first set in 31 minutes by holding to love with complete ease. Three big first serves brought up triple set point, then Kohlschreiber sent a second serve return flying well long. Just a great set of attacking tennis from Edmund. He has not looked this confident all year.

First set: Kyle Edmund *5-3 Philipp Kohlschreiber (GBR 0-0 GER): Kohlschreiber holds with a vey tidy game, moving to 40-0 with a beautifully timed forehand down the line off a huge return from the Brit. He took the second with a sliding serve out wide. Now Edmund will try to serve this thing out.

First set: Kyle Edmund 5-2* Philipp Kohlschreiber (GBR 0-0 GER): Everything is flowing for Edmund right now, who is serving well, crushing forehands and bullying a shaky Kohlschreiber. A big serve and forehand one-two punch brings up 40-15, then he holds with a deep unreturned second serve.

First set: Kyle Edmund *4-2 Philipp Kohlschreiber (GBR 0-0 GER): Edmund breaks! These courts are playing so fast right now and Edmund is taking advantage of the speed by absolutely crushing the German’s second serve whenever he gets a look at one. A couple of bad missed backhands under pressure bring up a break point, which Edmund converts with a booming backhand down the line. Andy Murray is applauding in the crowd and for good reason. This is great controlled aggression from Edmund.

First set: Kyle Edmund 3-2* Philipp Kohlschreiber (GBR 0-0 GER): Back to back love holds as Edmund responds with one of his own. The Brit opened with a bruising forehand behind his serve, then Kohlschreiber missed a routine forehand. After another big serve, a huge inside out forehand from Edmund forced an error from Kohlschreiber. We move on.

First set: Kyle Edmund *2-2 Philipp Kohlschreiber (GBR 0-0 GER): This time it’s the German who gets a love hold. Some great serving from Kohlschreiber to ease through the game, but also an outrageous point by him at 15-0. He was being bullied by the Edmund forehand but guessed correctly into the ad court and guided a backhand down the line.

First set: Kyle Edmund 2-1* Philipp Kohlschreiber (Great Britain 0-0 Germany): This has been a quality start from both. These notoriously fast conditions at altitude reward attacking play and so both players are going after their groundstrokes off both wings. A big serve down the T brought up 40-15 for Edmund, which the German saved with two stunning backhand returns in succession. At Deuce, Edmund found a third ace and then a late forehand from Kohlschreiber edged out. Still on serve.

First set: Kyle Edmund *1-1 Philipp Kohlschreiber (Great Britain 0-0 Germany): Edmund is absolutely crushing the ball early on and he immediately brought up break point at 30-40 after thumping crosscourt backhand passing shot winner, then drilling a backhand down the line winner. A good serve from the German saved the first, then after a loose forehand brought up the second, the German came up with an outrageous backhand down the line winner from miles behind the baseline.

It looked like Edmund would have a third break point after a double fault at deuce, but hawkeye ruled Kohlschreiber’s second serve in. How did the German respond? Two successive aces to hold.

First set: Kyle Edmund 1-0* Philipp Kohlschreiber (GBR 0-0 GER): A very nice start for Edmund. He opened his first service game with an ace and closed it with another ace. An easy hold to love to begin.

So, we begin with Kyle Edmund versus Philipp Kohlschreiber. Kohlschreiber has been a pleasant surprise this week. The 36 year-old German has been around forever, beating many top players and losing countless heartbreakers. He is a former top 20 player but this has been a tough year, with his ranking falling from 34th to 79th. This week he has rediscovered some nice form and he is unbeaten in his two singles rubbers.

Across the net, Edmund has had a tough year with a similar ranking drop, but he finished with a good showing to reach the third round in the Paris Masters last year. He looked very good against Kukushkin yesterday. Can he bring his top form again?

The players are out on-court and the national anthems are being played. Not too long now.

Emotions are running high after the earlier drama. Tears from the Serbian team after missing out on the final in such dramatic fashion and also because today marks the final day of former top 10 player Janko Tipsarevic’s playing career.

As things stand, Russia’s victory put them into the semi-final against Canada, the new tennis power. It will be two two-man teams in that round, with Rublev and Khachanov facing off against Vasek Pospisil and Denis Shapovalov.

In the bottom half of the knockout draw, the winner of Great Britain vs Germany will face the winner of Spain vs Argentina.

These two upcoming quarterfinal ties will have a tough act to follow. Earlier today, the two-man next gen Russian team of Andrey Rublev and Karen Khachanov took out Novak Djokovic’s Serbian team in a dramatic final doubles rubber, defeating Djokovic and Viktor Troicki 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(8) while saving three match points in the process.

There was good tennis, bad tennis (four singles players in a tense doubles match is not always pretty), Troicki screaming at the umpire and plenty of drama.

Here are the official nominations for tonight. As Great Britain and Germany do battle on Stadium 2, Spain and Argentina will face off in the main stadium and could provide plenty of its own drama should Pella win that crucial first rubber.

Hello! Welcome to our coverage of Day 5 and quarterfinal day of the Davis Cup Madrid Finals. Yesterday afternoon, Great Britain just about clinched their spot in the quarters after Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski outplayed Alexander Bublik and Mikhail Kukushkin in the third round of the doubles. Today, they face a stern test from a Germany team that is flying under the radar but playing very well.

Leon Smith announced his team moments ago and it comes with a surprise – Andy Murray will not be playing today. After his heroics in Antwerp last month, Murray took 12 days off to rest his elbow and relax after the birth of his third child. He returned just a little undercooked this week and barely survived No 179 Tallon Griekspoor in a third set tiebreak.

Kyle Edmund played a great match to defeat Kukushkin yesterday and he will be in to replace Murray, where he will face veteran Philipp Kohlschreiber before Dan Evans tackles the big serving Jan Lennard Struff. These are two even matches and they could go either way. Just like yesterday’s tie, it could easily come down to the doubles, which will feature two top teams as Murray and Skupski take on French Open champions Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies.