Can best of British Norrie stop Novak?

A GIANT billboard adorns the venue here where Great Britain will today try to pull off the unenviable task of dethroning Novak Djokovic.

- Matt Majendie 

A photo of Djokovic (left) takes pride of place on the poster for this Davis Cup quarter-final - so, too, that of Andy Murray, who was part of the British team before an injury in training forced his late withdrawal.

As British No1, Cameron Norrie (below) has the undertaking of facing Djokovic, a challenge not even the two best players in the world currently behind the Serbian in Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik 

Sinner were able to do much about in the final two matches of the recent ATP Finals.

British captain Leon Smith (below) admitted that Murray's absence actually removed a headache for him. "The upside to it is everyone knows where they stand," he said.

"There's no ambiguity around who might play or who is waiting for the tap on the shoulder from me to say, 'You're in, you're not in""