The organization of the Davis Cup announced, on Thursday, the calendar that the teams that will compete in the playoffs will face. Colombia will seek to advance to the world group for the third time in a row, and this time against the United States, coffee growers will try to hit the table.
The national tennis team will meet North America in five matches that will be played between Friday and Saturday. Nicholas Mejia, Alejandro Gonzalez, singles and Robert Farah and Juan Sebastian Cabal, in doubles, will carry in their rackets the fantasies of Colombians in this tournament.
So, on Friday, the first to start playing will be the first racket, Nicolas Mejia, who will face Sebastian Korda. On the same day, Alejandro Gonzalez will play Taylor Fritz, one of the country’s youthful promises.
Now, in doubles, Kapal and Farah will face Rajiv Ram and Jack Sock, a duel that will tilt the balance slightly in our favour.
For Saturday, in addition to the doubles match, Mejia and Gonzalez will return to the field again.
Mejia will be measured with Fritz and Gonzalez with Korda setting the last two points of the five-point series. It should be noted that the country that wins three of the five duels will take the global group ticket for this tournament.
Two countries already have a history in the Davis Cup
You don’t have to go far to see the last confrontation between Colombia and the United States in this tournament. In 2021, Both coincided in sharing the group with Italy, a country that ended up advancing to the last minute after beating its rivals.
in series five, He faced Nicolas Mejia in the first match, who faced Francis Tiafoe at that time. Despite his impressive performance, once again he was on the verge of achieving the feat. Mejía started by winning the first set 6-4, which propelled him to the next points.
In the second set, the 21-year-old tennis player from Bogota fought back to the finish and ended up falling 3-6. With one last chance, Mejía showed that he is at the level of the greatest mathematician by enforcing the definition by tie breaker.
Although he saved the match on three occasions rendezvous pointAnd the It was not enough to snatch victory from Francis Tiafoe and he lost in the last set 6-7.
In the second match, the inspiring Daniel Gallan took the titles against the unknown John Isner. While in doubles, Juan Sebastian Caballe and Robert Farah defeated the duo of Jack Sock and Opelka.
Colombia vs USA – Davis Cup schedule
Friday, March 4 (starts at 7:00 PM CST)
Nicolas Mejia (Colonel) – Sebastian Korda (EU)
Alejandro Gonzalez (Colorado) – Taylor Fritz (US)
Saturday, March 5 (starts at 7:00 PM CST)
Farah / Cabal (Colorado) – Ram / Sock (EU)
Nicholas Mejia (Colorado) – Taylor Fritz (EU)
Alejandro Gonzalez (Colorado) vs Sebastian Korda (EU)
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