Qatar beat Jordan in Davis Cup
Hanoi, April 4, 2018-Jabor al Mutawa and Mubarak Shannan al Zayed won their rubbers and sparked Qatar to a 2-1 victory over Jordan in the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III at the My Dinh Complex in Hanoi, Vietnam on Tuesday.
This was the second victory for Qatar in Pool B achieved after nearly six hours on the court. The winners are holding the second spot in the five-team pool behind Kuwait, who defeated Saudi Arabia 3-0 in another match.
The winner of Pool A will play-off against the runner-up of Pool B and the winner of Pool B will play-off against the runner-up of Pool A to determine which two nations will be promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2019.
Jabor al Mutawa survived a tough call against Mousa Alkotop and posted a come-from-behind 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory in two hours and 21 minutes.
The Qatari was locked 2-2 in the second set after having lost the opening set at 4-6. Breaks in the fifth and seventh games put him 5-2 ahead. He then served out the set to make it 1-1.
In the decider, Mutawa again fell 2-3 behind. But he was a different player after 3-3. He pulled off breaks in the seventh and ninth games to seal the fantastic victory.
Zayed was not in any big trouble and carved out a smooth 6-2, 6-4 win in one hour and 10 minutes to put Qatar in assailable 2-0 lead.
In the doubles, Issa Shannan al Harrasi and Mousa Shannan Zayed had chances to complete a 3-0 victory. At the crucial stages, they could not gain the much-needed breaks and lost the rubber 5-7, 6-4, 6-7 (2) in two hours and 19 minutes.
On the other hand, Qatar's Nasser al Yafei and Rashed Nawaf qualified to the quarter-finals of the doubles event at the Qatar Asian Under-14 Tennis Tournament on Tuesday.
The event is organised by the Qatar Tennis, Squash and Badminton Federation (QTSBF) in coordination with the Asian Tennis Federation.
Yafei and Nawaf secured their spot after beating Indians Sannigdh Raghavan and Callistus Britto Veerakumar 6-0, 6-0 in the first round.
In the quarter-finals, the Qatari pair will take on Aryan Giri and Aarav Hada of Nepal.
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