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Britain defeat Kazakhstan 2-1 to reach last eight• Andy Murray rested but set to return for Friday’s quarter-finalKyle Edmund, once anointed as Andy Murray’s successor and now his late-career understudy, rediscovered his best tennis to tame the combative Mikhail Kukushkin in straight sets and set Great Britain on their way into the 2019 Davis Cup quarter-finals, against
Germany on Friday.
After Edmund won 6-3, 6-3 in an hour-and-a-quarter on Thursday, Dan Evans could not finish the job after taking the opening set and Alexander Bublik levelled the tie for Kazakhstan behind a big serve, winning 5-7, 6-4, 6-1.