Asia Oceania Zone Davis Cup Tennis
Australia has a proud history of Davis Cup and it was not that long ago that they collected the trophy. Since then things have not gone so well.
Australia now finds themselves in the Asia/Oceania group battling to reach the World zone.
After taking an unbeatable 3-0 lead in their home tie against Chinese Tapei they have edged closer to that objective.
Australia started day 1 with Bernard Tomic making his Davis Cup debut. He easily defeated Yang Tsung-Hua 6-2, 6-1, 6-1. The next match saw Peter Luczak made to work a bit harder as he defeated Yi Chu-Huan 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3.
On Saturday Australia wrapped up the tie with a 7-6, 7-6, 6-2 win when Carsten Ball team up with Paul Hanley against the Chinese Taipei singles players.
The win came without Australia’s top ranked player Lleyton Hewitt.
Australia will play Japan in the next round on 7-9 May. Japan defeated Philippines.
In the other half of the draw China is looking to turn a 2-1 advantage into a win over Uzbekistan while Kazakhstan has an unbeatable 3-0 lead over South Korea.
The teams that win the 2nd round playoffs will contest the World Group playoffs.
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