{"id":5684,"date":"2023-02-09T17:15:35","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T17:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/davis-cup-dan-evans-selected-to-play-doubles-for-great-britain-against-colombia\/"},"modified":"2023-02-09T17:15:36","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T17:15:36","slug":"davis-cup-dan-evans-selected-to-play-doubles-for-great-britain-against-colombia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/davis-cup-dan-evans-selected-to-play-doubles-for-great-britain-against-colombia\/","title":{"rendered":"Davis Cup: Dan Evans selected to play doubles for Great Britain against Colombia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1\">\n<figure class=\"gs-u-mt0 gs-u-mb-alt+ story-body__media story-body__media--figure qa-story-body-media story-body__media--lead\" data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$image-0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media\" data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$image-0.0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$image-0.0.0\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"gel-brevier gs-u-ph+ gs-u-pv-alt story-body__media__caption story-body__media__caption--image\" data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$image-0.1\">Dan Evans reached the final of the Masters Series events in Miami and Monte Carlo with Neal Skupski in 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<table class=\"gs-o-table story-body__table\" data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$table-1\">\n<thead class=\"gs-o-table__head gel-brevier \" data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$table-1.0\">\n<tr class=\"\" data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$table-1.0.$row-0\"\/><\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"gel-long-primer \" data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$table-1.1\">\n<tr class=\"\" data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$table-1.1.$row-0\">\n<td class=\"gs-o-table__cell\" colspan=\"1\" data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$table-1.1.$row-0.$td-0\"><strong data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$table-1.1.$row-0.$td-0.0:0\">Venue:<\/strong><span data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$table-1.1.$row-0.$td-0.0:1\"> Pueblo Viejo Country Club, Cota, Colombia <\/span><strong data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$table-1.1.$row-0.$td-0.0:2\">Dates:<\/strong><span data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$table-1.1.$row-0.$td-0.0:3\"> 3-4 February<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"\" data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$table-1.1.$row-1\">\n<td class=\"gs-o-table__cell\" colspan=\"1\" data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$table-1.1.$row-1.$td-0\"><strong data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$table-1.1.$row-1.$td-0.0:0\">Coverage:<\/strong><span data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$table-1.1.$row-1.$td-0.0:1\"> Watch live coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button and the BBC Sport website &amp; app (20:00 GMT on Friday (21:00 Red Button), 17:00 GMT (17:30 Red Button) on Saturday)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p role=\"introduction\" class=\"qa-introduction gel-pica-bold\" data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2\"><span data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2.0\">Dan Evans has been selected to play Davis Cup doubles for Great Britain for the first time. <\/span><\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3\">\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.0\"><span data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.0.0\">In an interview last October, Evans said it was &#8220;a bit insulting&#8221; that he had never been picked in doubles.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4\"><span data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4.0\">The 32-year-old will open the tie against Colombia on Friday in a singles match against the world number 253 Nicolas Mejia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5\"><span data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5.0\">He will then play alongside the doubles world number one Neal Skupski in Saturday&#8217;s doubles rubber. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6\"><span data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6.0\">British men&#8217;s number one Cameron Norrie faces Nicolas Barrientos in Friday&#8217;s other singles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7\"><span data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7.0\">Barrientos is ranked 510 and is only playing because Colombia&#8217;s number one Daniel Elahi Galan has been ruled out by injury. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8\"><span data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8.0\">The winners will qualify for the group stage of the Davis Cup Finals in September.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9\"><span data-reactid=\".k7m1g9u8iq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9.0\">GB have by far the stronger line-up, but the match is being played at an altitude of over 2,500 metres near Bogota.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/64506085?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=KARANGA\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Evans reached the final of the Masters Series events in Miami and Monte Carlo with Neal Skupski in 2021 Venue: Pueblo Viejo Country Club, Cota, Colombia Dates: 3-4 February Coverage: Watch live coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button and the BBC Sport website &amp; app (20:00 GMT on Friday (21:00 Red Button), 17:00 GMT [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5684"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5686,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5684\/revisions\/5686"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}