On February 3 and 4, Colombia will receive the United Kingdom in a series valid for the Davis Cup Qualifiers. Alejandro Falla will be the captain of the ‘tricolor’ quintet, who will try to deliver the ‘coup’ against the ten times champions of this international competition. Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah will be one of the main cards of the ex-tenist from Cali at the Pueblo Viejo Country Club in Cota.
Cabal and Farah will not have it easy at all, as Leon Smith summoned Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski, 2nd and 3rd in the world in doubles respectively. The ‘Colombian power’, who reached the round of 16 at the Australian Open, will lead the team completed by Nicolás Mejía, Daniel Galán and Nicolás Barrientos.
“It will be a beautiful opportunity playing at home. How do I imagine the series? Very tough. Our opponent is a country with a lot of history, Davis Cup champion. We could talk for days about their qualities. But we will be local and we are very complicated there. Hopefully we can give victory to our country”, were the words of Cabal in an interview with Davis Cup.
Cabal, who has a record of 23 wins against 12 losses in Davis Cup (16-10 in doubles), will work alongside his ‘thousand battles’ partner to return to the Davis Cup Finals. Let us remember that since the World Group was created in 1981, our country has qualified twice in this instance: 2019 and 2020.
“In general, Colombia’s year has been positive. Obviously, we couldn’t reach the final stages, but at first we lost as a visitor against a very tough team like the United States. And then we remained in the playoffs,” Cabal said. , who was vital in the 4-0 win against Turkey in Bogotá.
What did Alejandro Falla and Nicolás Mejía say before the series against Great Britain in the Davis Cup?
“They will be the favourites, but we will have some options as we are local; Galán has already responded well to the height and to the balls that we chose. We have a strong team and some very good doubles players. They have Top 10 in singles and in pairs although we are going to fight until the end”, were the words of Alejandro Falla, who in his tennis days had a record of 31-17 in Davis Cup.
“It’s a great opportunity for us since we’re playing at home and we’ll have the chance to go up to the Finals. I think the conditions will be favourable,” Mejía explained.
