Canada’s Frank Dancevic retired with a left abdominal strain, down 6-2, 1-0 to Japan’s Kei Nishikori in the fourth singles rubber of the first-round Davis Cup tie between the two countries in Tokyo Sunday.
It wasn’t a new injury, but it added insult to injury as the decimated Canadian team now faces a relegation tie to remain in the World Group.
Here’s our Yahoo piece on that.