Oman, UAE, Singapore stay unbeaten in Davis Cup

Sports Wednesday 31/January/2018 19:23 PM
By: Times News Service
Oman, UAE, Singapore stay unbeaten in Davis Cup

Muscat: Continuing with their dominant display, Oman handed Kyrgyzstan a 3-0 defeat to stay unbeaten in the ongoing 2018 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group IV competition at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex on Wednesday.
After their third successive victory, Oman are virtually assured of a place in the playoffs from where they hope to clinch one of the two Group III promotional berths.
As in their previous ties against Bangladesh and Iraq, which also resulted in 3-0 wins, local star Mohammed Al Nabhani gave Oman a rousing start with a comfortable 6-1, 6-1 win in the first singles rubber against Kirill Kistanov.
In the second singles, young Abdullah Al Barwani also scored a straight sets 6-2, 6-2 victory over Evgeniy Babak.
With the victory already achieved, Oman’s non-playing captain Siddique Al Hashmi gave young Muneer Al Rawahi an opportunity to play his first Davis Cup match in the doubles rubber.
Muneer combined well with Mohammed Al Nabhani to defeat Evgeniy Babak and Georgy Kotlyarevsky 6-4, 6-0 to make it 3-0.
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Siddiq Al Hashmi said: “I am really happy with today’s victories. After a long and tough outing against Iraq on Tuesday, I should say we had a relatively easy day out there. Though I should add the matches were not easy as our players have to give their best in all three rubbers. Definitely not easy but a smooth day.”
“I am also happy how Muneer Al Rawahi played in his Davis Cup debut match. He played well along with Mohammed Al Nabhani in the doubles. I am sure Muneer will be thrilled with his first Davis Cup match and the experience will give him a boost in his future matches.”
Like hosts Oman, the UAE too recorded their third successive victory with a similar 3-0 win over Myanmar on Wednesday.
However, Oman after winning all nine rubbers are on top of Pool A while the UAE are currenly in second place as they lost one rubber in their 2-1 win against Bangladesh on Tuesday.
The Group IV competition concludes on Saturday when the winners of Pool A will play-off against the runners-up in Pool B and the winners of Pool B will play-off against the runners-up in Pool A to determine which two nations will be promoted to Group III in 2019.
Against Myanmar, the UAE were given the lead when Abdulrahman Al Janahi easily defeated Aung Kyaw Naing 6-1, 6-2 in the first singles.
Then Fahad Janahi made it 2-0 with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 win over Aung Myo Thant before the due of Abdulrahman Al Janahi and Fares Al Janahi defeated Aung Kyaw Naing and Tin Myo Wai 6-0, 6-3.
Meanwhile, in Pool B Singapore continued their winning spree in a 3-0 verdict against Mongolia.
In the first singles, Roy Hobbs defeated Baatar Oyunbat 6-2, 6-1. Shaheed Alam won 6-0, 6-1 against Munkhbaatar Badrakh in the second singles. In the doubles, Yuan-Xiong Hui and Hao Yuan Ng defeated Tamir Ankhbayar and Temuugei Enkhsaikhan 6-1, 6-0.
Singapore are the only undefeated team in Pool B and are on top ahead of Bahrain and Guam, who defeated Tajikistan (3-0) and Turkmenistan (3-0) respectively, for their second wins.
Bahrain have not lost a single game against Tajikistan winning all three rubbers with 6-0, 6-0 scorelines with Ali Dawani Ali defeating Firuz Mukhidinov in the first singles and Yusuf Qaed defeating Firdavs Odinaev in the second singles. In the doubles, Hasan Abdulnabi and Ali Dawani defeated Azamat Mukhudinov and Firdavs Odinaev.

Pool A results:
Bangladesh bt Iraq 2-1
Sree-Amol Roy bt Barakat Zainy 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Dipu Lal lost to Adel Mustafa Al Saedi 2-6, 4-6.
Ranjan Ram/Sree-Amol Roy bt Ali Khairi Hashim Al Mayahi/Adel Mustafa Al Saedi 7-6 (4), 6-4.
Oman bt Kyrgyzstan 3-0
Mohammed Al Nabhani bt Kirill Kistanov 6-1, 6-1.
Abdullah Al Barwani bt Evgeniy Babak 6-2, 6-2.
Mohammed Al Nabhani/Muneer Al Rawahi bt Evgeniy Babak/Georgy Kotlyarevsky 6-4, 6-0.
UAE bt Myanmar 3-0.
Abdulrahman Al Janahi bt Aung Kyaw Naing 6-1, 6-2.
Fahad Janahi bt Aung Myo Thant 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.
Abdulrahman Al Janahi/Fares Al Janahi bt Aung Kyaw Naing/Tin Myo Wai 6-0, 6-3.

Pool B results:
Bahrain bt Tajikistan 3-0.
Ali Dawani Ali bt Firuz Mukhidinov 6-0, 6-0.
Yusuf Qaed bt Firdavs Odinaev 6-0, 6-0.
Hasan Abdulnabi/Ali Dawani bt Azamat Mukhudinov/Firdavs Odinaev 6-0, 6-0.
Singapore bt Mongolia 3-0.
Roy Hobbs bt Baatar Oyunbat 6-2, 6-1.
Shaheed Alam bt Munkhbaatar Badrakh 6-0, 6-1.
Yuan-Xiong Hui/Hao Yuan Ng bt Tamir Ankhbayar/Temuugei Enkhsaikhan 6-1, 6-0.
Guam bt Turkmenistan 3-0.
Christopher Cajigan bt Atlymyrat Gurbanov 7-5, 7-5.
Daniel Llarenas bt Yuriy Roguskiy 7-6 (6), 6-4.
Mason Caldwell/Jean Pierre Huynh bt Hadzhymyrat Charyyev/Gurbanberdi Gurbanberdiyev 7-6 (6), 2-6, 6-1.