On the morning of this Friday, February 6, the Colombian Davis Cup team learned the order of the matches for the series against Morocco that will be played this weekend.
The group, made up of Nicolás Mejía, Nicolás Barrientos, Adriá Soriano, Miguel Tobón Jr. and Juan Sebastián Gómez, is under the direction of captain Alejandro Falla.
The matches were defined after the official draw, marking the roadmap for the national team in African territory.
The action at the Marocaine Sports Club in Casablanca will begin this Saturday at 4:00 am Colombia time (11:00 am local time).
The person in charge of opening the day will be Adriá Soriano, who will face Reda Bennani. Immediately after, the turn will be for the number one racket in the country, Nicolás Mejía, who will face Taha Baadi.
These two individual points will be crucial for the team’s aspirations on the first day of competition.
For Sunday’s match, scheduled at the same start time, the curtain will rise with the doubles duel. The pair made up of Nicolás Barrientos and Juan Sebastián Gómez will look for the point against the locals Taha Baadi and Younes Lalami.
Subsequently, the last singles matches will take place, where Nicolás Mejía will play against Reda Bennani and Adriá Soriano will close the series facing Taha Baadi, thus completing the five-game schedule.
Colombia defines its path against Morocco in the Davis Cup
After the draw, captain Alejandro Falla shared his impressions about what he expects from this confrontation.
The former Colombian tennis player pointed out that he anticipates close matches and highlighted that the team arrives motivated and benefited by an improvement in weather conditions.
Falla stressed the importance of starting strong, expressing his desire to end the first day with a 2-0 lead to handle the pressure of the remaining matches.
Both nations are competing for a place in the World Group I play-offs, which will take place in September of this year.
Colombia comes to this series with statistical favoritism, currently occupying box number 38 in the national team ranking, while Morocco is in position 46.
The national team will seek to impose its experience on clay to ensure its permanence in the fight for promotion in the highest team competition in world tennis.
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