{"id":54624,"date":"2023-02-03T12:50:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T17:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=54624"},"modified":"2023-02-03T12:50:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T17:50:22","slug":"davis-cup-predictions-colombia-great-britain-mejia-norrie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/02\/03\/davis-cup-predictions-colombia-great-britain-mejia-norrie\/","title":{"rendered":"Davis Cup Predictions: Colombia vs Great Britain Including Cameron Norrie vs Nicolas Mejia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Playing on home soil can often be a huge advantage in Davis Cup, where the crowds tend to get absolutely crazy. Is that enough to give Colombia any chance in this tie against Great Britain? Which nation do you think will advance?<\/p>\n<h2Davis Cup Predictions: Colombia vs Great Britain<\/h2>\n<h4>Nicolas Mejia vs Dan Evans<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> First meeting<\/p>\n<p>Dan Evans famously isn&#8217;t that good on clay, although he did have a couple of standout results on the surface in recent years. The biggest one of them all was of course the Monte Carlo semifinals run, during which <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/04\/15\/dan-evans-stuns-novak-djokovic\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">he took out Novak Djokovic<\/a>. His slice won&#8217;t bite that much, but as this tie is played on altitude, his serve advantage over Nicolas Mejia could be huge. The conditions are better for the Colombian, but likely not by this much.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Evans in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"hLfVYW4lQFxU1ja3Ccea3w\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1246399783\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'hLfVYW4lQFxU1ja3Ccea3w',sig:'Q4imPt_QrJ1XgzURdkbqjD3w_zd8GctCHMYR09Alwrk=',w:'594px',h:'370px',items:'1246399783',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Nicolas Barrientos vs Cameron Norrie<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> First meeting<\/p>\n<p>Nicolas Barrientos has been extremely successful in doubles in recent years, taking 10 <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/category\/atp-challenger-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Challenger<\/a> titles over the past two seasons. He&#8217;s still combining that with a decently heavy singles schedule, but it&#8217;s not really amassed to much of late. Similarly to the Evans vs Mejia clash, the conditions are better for the home court player, but Cameron Norrie just seems far too good to struggle in this one (and the contrast of quality is much starker than in the previous rubber),<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Norrie in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"vyz0yxeVQm5N3Joog6QJRQ\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1457884858\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'vyz0yxeVQm5N3Joog6QJRQ',sig:'Zxd9Jn8So-5L7GVmWRf9KskPr1FV7iGUG3u3sblH-Xw=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1457884858',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Nicolas Barrientos vs Dan Evans<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> First meeting<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll see if this match even takes place, because Great Britain seems very likely to wrap up the tie beforehand (Colombia will be favored to win the doubles rubber though). We&#8217;ll know more once we see how Evans handles the altitude clay in his first match against Mejia, but even if it goes poorly for him, he&#8217;ll be more used to it by the time he faces Barrientos and the Colombian No. 2 is a lot weaker than the leader of their team.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Evans in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Nicolas Mejia vs Cameron Norrie<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> First meeting<\/p>\n<p>For what it&#8217;s worth, the former junior World No. 4 has had a number of decent altitude clay results, including most of his best runs last year (Cali Challenger semifinal, Ambato quarterfinal). He is a bit underpowered though and can&#8217;t really take advantage of such conditions in a way that would put plenty of pressure on Norrie. Unless the Brit is really struggling to find his game on the courts of the Pueblo Viejo Country Club, this one also shouldn&#8217;t be that competitive.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Norrie in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo from Getty.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Playing on home soil can often be a huge advantage in Davis Cup, where the crowds tend to get absolutely crazy. Is that enough to give Colombia any chance in this tie against Great Britain? 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