
Dan Evans suffered a shock defeat to world number 253 Nicolas Mejia as Great Britain’s bid to return to the final stages of the Davis Cup got off to a bad start in Colombia.
Evans was sunk 6-2 2-6 6-4 in a marathon opening battle at the Pueblo Viejo Country Club in Cota, with Cameron Norrie set to face Nicolas Barrientos in a bid to end the opening day all square.