Bahrain lose to Kuwait in Davis Cup

TDT | Manama              

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

Bahrain lost their third successive match-up in Asia/ Oceania Group IV of the Davis Cup 2022 yesterday. The young nationals bowed to Kuwait 0-3 to add to their losses against Singapore and Guam.

It was another setback in Pool B of the competition in Bahrain, while the Kuwaitis improved to their third victory. Bahrain’s Youssef Ashraf first loss 3-6, 1-6 to Kuwait’s Ali Alshati, and then Faris Altoobli went down 3-6, 2-6 to Essa Qabazard.

In the third match, Bahrainis Altoobli and Isa Alqattan lost 2-6, 1-6 to their Kuwaiti rivals Alshati and Bader Alabdullah. In other Pool B matches yesterday, Singapore beat Laos 3-0; while in Pool A, Cambodia beat Turkmenistan 2-1.

The Davis Cup matches taking place in the Kingdom are part of Event B of Asia/Oceania Group IV. Bahrain are one of nine nations competing. They have been divided into two pools.

The participating countries will play a single round-robin within their pool, after which the top team from each will meet in the final. The winner of that match-up will gain qualification to Asia/ Oceania Group III for next year’s Davis Cup, alongside Sri Lanka, who gained their promotion from Event A.