30-June-2019
Sri Lanka defeat Qatar in Davis Cup
SINGAPORE, June 30 , 2019 - The Qatari men’s tennis team suffered a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka on Saturday in the 2019 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III which is taking place in Singapore from June 26-29.
Despite Saturday's defeat, Qatari team displayed impressive performance and were closer to turn over the game against Sri Lankan opponents .
The prestigious championship brough together 8 teams, including Vietnam, Iran, Qatar, Syria, Malaysia, Kuwait, Sri Lanka and hosts Singapore.
The Qatari delegation to event is chaired by Ahmed Sultan Al Obaidly and includes Mousa Shanan, Mubarak Shanan, Rayyan Alami, Rashed Nawaf and the team captain Sultan Khalfan in addition to the head coach Oliver Gross, fitness coach Luis Lobez and physiotherapist Alex.