The 2023 ATP season has already begun, and one of the most anticipated competitions for tennis fans is the Davis Cup, which this year will hold its qualifying round next February.
s Our country will face the United Kingdom on the third and fourth of that month In a series that promises a lot of emotions and that will take place in the Pueblo Viejo Country Club, located in the municipality of Cota in Cundinamarca.
For this reason, the organizers of this sporting event have released match schedules. First, on February 3, there will be two singles matches, one starting at 3pm and one once the previous match is over.
Then, on February 4, there will be a doubles game starting at 12:00 PM as well as two singles games.
Of course, it should be noted that if the series ends in the fourth game (that is, 3-1), then the fifth duel will be played only if the captains of both teams agree to play it.
It must be remembered that for the duel against the United Kingdom, Alejandro Falla, captain of the national team, called up Daniel Galán, Nicolas Barrientos, Juan Sebastian Caballe, Robert Farah and Nicolas Mejia.
Specifically, the latter spoke to the official Davis Cup media and said: “It will be a great challenge because of the history of Great Britain. And a great chance that Colombia will play at home. I hope we can move forward with the series“.
Thus, our country will try to improve what was achieved last year at this stage of the aforementioned tournament, since at that time it lost the series to the United States and
What country won the Davis Cup?
Currently, the “king” of this competition is Canada, which defeated Australia in the final match at last year’s edition with a score of 2-0.
How many times has the UK won the Davis Cup?
This nation is one of the countries that has won the Davis Cup the most times and has won a total of nine titles from this tournament, which is the most important in men’s tennis by country.
The United Kingdom’s first crown was in 1903 while their most recent was in 2015, when they beat Belgium 3-1 on aggregate to add another ‘salad dish’ to their record.
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