Dan Evans says his shock defeat to Nicolas Meija in Nice Britain’s Davis Cup qualifier with Colombia is “the toughest loss to take”.
Evans was overwhelmed 6-2 2-6 6-3 by his 253rd-ranked opponent on the clay in Bogota at an altitude of over 2,500 metres, earlier than British No 1 Cameron Norrie levelled the tie with a 6-2 7-5 victory over Nicolas Barrientos.
Evans and Neal Skupski will tackle former world No 1 doubles pair Juan-Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah in Saturday’s opening match earlier than Norrie performs Meija and Evans then concludes the tie towards Barrientos.
Ten-time Davis Cup winners Britain try to achieve September’s group stage.
World No 30 Evans mentioned: “I did my greatest – it was clearly very tough circumstances.
“It is disappointing to lose, particularly to your nation with all people supporting you – it is the toughest loss to take. However there is a job for the weekend.”
Cameron Norrie breezed previous Nicolas Barrientos to degree the tie in Bogota
Norrie mentioned of the passionate house assist: “It was nice, particularly as I have never had the expertise of an away tie shortly.
“It was nice to have the ambiance and I believed they have been very respectful and really loud.
“It is all the time tough enjoying away and with the altitude and this floor however I used to be in a position to put sufficient balls within the courtroom to recover from the road. I feel I can enhance on plenty of issues.”
Britain’s captain Leon Smith mentioned: “This is the reason we love Cam to bits, he is quantity 11 on this planet for a cause.
“He is received actually good expertise, he is received an excellent sport, he competes effectively, his mentality is admittedly, actually good. We’re actually happy with what he did on the market.”
