On Sunday Kyle Edmund & Dan Evans both won challenger titles in the Americas.

Edmund was playing the challenger in Argentina. The British number three was seeded here and progressed through the rounds without much difficulty. The clay challenger had big shocks in the first round as most of the seeds fell. Edmund was the highest seed left in the event by the second round. Taking out some good clay court players on his way to the final, the Brit has added to the dilemma of Leon Smith as to who to play as the second singles player at the Davis Cup final. Edmund despatched the only other seed left in the event as the pair met in the final, winning in straight sets.

Evans was playing the hard court challenger in Knoxville North America. The Brit was unseeded and faced a very difficult match in the second round as he faced the second seed. Evans despatched the seed quickly and efficiently. Evans appears to have found a love of the game again, trying to get his ranking back up from the 300's. In the final Evans again did not have much difficulty in despatching the challenge of his opponent to claim another 2015 title.

Edmunds has now moved onto Uruguay for the next clay challenger and will try to double up on clay titles back to back. The Davis Cup team will have to be named by Thursday so Smith has a very hard selection choice to make. If Aljaz Bedene wins the ITF Davis Cup appeal this week, that will give Smith the choice of four players for the second spot. Bedene would be the higher ranked of the four, and has played Davis cup before (but not for Britian, which is why there is the problem.

The ITF changed the rules this year meaning if you played for one country in Davis Cup and then changed nationality you are not eligible to play for your new country - Bedene is appealing on the basis of timings, the Brit and the LTA state the paperwork was on time, the ITF say it was not.  

Edmund is the next highest ranked but has never played Davis Cup before. Nerves could be a big issue for a rookie in a final. Ward would be the next choice, with recent good form (a title, and a semi final finish) in India and with the Davis Cup experience and heroics (Sam Querry, John Isner) cannot be discounted. Evans would be another option, but is likely to be a long shot for the final.