Few people across London enjoyed a more soothing night’s sleep than Leon Smith on Saturday.
On Saturday evening, Smith had said that there would probably be few breaks in the doubles match to come due to the fast indoor conditions inside the Copper Box.
2 sentences from our version of the report,
chosen to cover it. Nothing here is written; every line is in the article below.
How
Summarized version
This victory moves Great Britain back into the last eight of the Davis Cup for the first time since 2023. On Saturday evening, Smith had said there would probably be few breaks in the doubles match to come due to the fast indoor conditions inside the Copper Box.
Headline check
The one thing this headline claims is in the report.
Figures, names and quoted words in the headline, looked for in the report itself — not in the summary above. One claim in this headline could be checked, so this is a narrow pass and not a thorough one. How this is checked
The article, shortened and in plain language
Few people across London enjoyed a more soothing night’s sleep than Leon Smith on Saturday. After an ideal first day for his team in their Davis Cup qualifier against Ecuador, where his singles players both did their jobs, the Great Britain Davis Cup captain had the luxury of calling upon two of the best doubles players in the world to close out the tie.
In just their second match as partners rather than rivals, the world No 1, Henry Patten, and Neal Skupski, the US Open champion a week ago, played their roles to perfection as they convincingly sealed Great Britain’s place in the Davis Cup Final 8 with a clinical 6-3, 6-4 victory over Gonzalo Escobar and Diego Hidalgo, earning Great Britain a 3-0 win in the tie.
Their victory was propelled by wins on Saturday by Arthur Fery, the British No 1, and the No 5 Toby Samuel, who overcame tense starts before settling down and easing to victory.
On Saturday evening, Smith had said that there would probably be few breaks in the doubles match to come due to the fast indoor conditions inside the Copper Box.
Doubles specialists ranked just inside the top 100, they were responsible for Ecuador’s shock victory over Australia in February.
Shortened to 1 minute
of reading, this version reads 10.7 on the Niral Score.
You are reading our version, not theirs.
This is The Guardian Australia (Sport)'s report shortened to its most important sentences, in plainer words, with
verdicts and loaded words taken out. Plain description stays, and so do adjectives
that carry a fact, such as "former" or "federal". The reporting, the facts and the quotations
are theirs — quotations are never edited — and the indicators beside it measure
this version. Hover or tap Adjectives to see every one left in the text.
How this outlet filed it, and how we rewrote it
No other newsroom we read has filed on this event, so there is nothing to compare it with yet.
Readers can ask a question about this story here.
Questions and answers are for subscribers.
Sign in
to read them.
Comments are read before they appear where anything in them needs a person to look.
Nothing posted here is ever deleted; a comment taken down keeps its text and the reason,
so the decision can be looked at again. How this works
