The third victory in a row was won by Turkmen tennis players at the Davis Cup zonal tournament taking place in Isa Town (Bahrain). After victories with the same score of 3: 0 over the national teams of Iraq and Mongolia, our compatriots in the final round today also confidently prevailed over the Oman team, which occupies 118th place in the world tennis rating, - 3: 0.
Oman's big racket masters have been competing in the Davis Cup since 1994. They achieved the best result in it in 2008 and 2009, when they played in the II group of the zone of Asia and Oceania. However, in recent years, the Omanis, like the Turkmen, have been in the 4th rated group.
For the national team of Turkmenistan, which reached the playoffs ahead of schedule, the match with the Oman team had no tournament significance. Nevertheless, the captain, head coach of our national team, Mirali Hasanov, did not change the winning line-up of the team, which in three meetings gave the opponent only three games.
It is noteworthy that all three fights lasted less than an hour. In the first of them, Yuri Rogussky beat Marvan Alkhanjari in 51 minutes - 6: 0, 6: 2. In the second - the shortest match, which lasted 37 minutes, the first racket of Turkmenistan Isa Mametuliyev did not give a single game to Isa Ali Alsuleymani - 6: 0, 6: 0. And in the doubles duel, which also lasted 37 minutes, I. Mametkuliev and Y. Rogussky easily defeated the Ali Al-Busaidi / Isa Ali Alsuleymani duet - 6: 0, 6: 1.
Thus, having convincingly outplayed all its rivals, the national team of Turkmenistan confidently took 1st place in group "B". The fate of the second place in this group and the last participant in the playoffs will be decided on October 22 in a duel between the teams of Iraq and Mongolia.
In other groups, the national teams of Saudi Arabia ("A", 1st place), the United Arab Emirates ("A", 2nd place), Iran ("C", 1st place) and Cambodia ("C", 2nd place) advanced to the playoffs ). Which of the teams - the United Arab Emirates or Cambodia - will compete with the Turkmen tennis players in the playoffs, it will be known after the draw.
According to the General Secretary of the Tennis Federation of Turkmenistan Eziz Dovletov, both teams are not weak. And our tennis players can play with each of them.
Recall that the three best teams based on the results of the playoffs will receive the right to play in the III group of the zone of Asia and Oceania next year.
"GA" Correspondent
