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Cameron Norrie secured England’s place in the group stage of this year’s Davis Cup with victory in the second singles rubber of the qualifiers in Colombia.
British No 1 Norrie came through a tense encounter against Nicolas Mejia in Bogota 6-4 6-4 on Saturday to give Leon Smith’s side an unassailable 3-1 lead.
His success came after Dan Evans and Neal Skupski had beaten Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah in the doubles earlier in the day to put the visitors ahead for the first time in the tie.
Mejia, world number 253, had caused a major shock on Friday by upsetting Evans in the opening rubber before Norrie tied it for victory over Nicolas Barrientos.
Norrie saw off Mejia for two hours on match point for the second time.
England’s group stage matches will all be played on home soil, at an unspecified venue.
A busy weekend affair saw 24 nations competing with 12 winners joining 2022 champions Canada, runners-up Australia and wildcards Spain and Italy.
Switzerland, the USA, Sweden, Serbia and France are some of the early winners who have qualified.
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