Norrie leads Great Britain into Davis Cup finals
Great Britain will feature in the group stage of the 2023 Davis Cup finals after their win over Colombia
AI/Reuters/Panoramic
Cameron Norrie was the star of the show as Great Britain returned to the Davis Cup finals, defeating Colombia 3-1 in Cota to book their place in the 16-team group stage.
The world No 11 won both his singles matches in straight sets, with his 6-4, 6-4 victory over Nicolas Mejia providing the Brits with their third and winning point of the weekend.
Praise was also due to the scratch doubles pair of Dan Evans and Neal Skupski, who put their country ahead with a 6-4, 6-4 win over the experienced duo of Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah.
“Hats off to the players,” said captain Leon Smith. “They came down to Colombia, most straight from Melbourne, came earlier than we’d ever normally do for Davis Cup, which is a big commitment from them, but we did that to prepare best for what happened these past two days, and it’s definitely paid off.
“There’s a lot of work that the players have done to be able to adapt in a short space of time, and they went out and they fought really hard.”
People in this post
More tennis news
November 9, 1993: The day the great Bjorn Borg played his last-ever professional match
Noskova converts all four break points to beat Kostyuk in WTA Finals opener
Alcaraz on course for an indoor hat-trick: “Probably the best I’ve played since my comeback”
“If you miss your chance, another isn’t going to come”: Shelton on the small window against Alcaraz
“I couldn’t wait to step on the court in front of all of you”: emotional Alcaraz thanks the Paris crowd after missing Roland-Garros
