Davis Cup Zonal Results February 13-15 American Zone Group I First Round At Buenos Aires, Argentina (Clay) Argentina 5, Colombia 0 Singles Lucas Arnold, Argentina, def. Mario Rincon, Colombia, 6-0, 6-2, 6-2. Franco Squillari, Argentina, def. Miguel Tobon, Colombia, 6-2, 6-1, 6-1. Doubles Lucas Arnold and Luis Lobo, Argentina, def. Miguel Tobon and Philippe Moggio, Colombia, 6-2, 7-5, 6-1. Reverse Singles Franco Squillari, Argentina, def. Philippe Moggio, Columbia, 6-1, 6-4 Guillermo Canas, Argentina, def. Eduardo Rincon, Columbia, 6-2, 7-6(5) At Nassau, Bahamas (Hard) Ecuador 5, Bahamas 0 Singles Luis Morejon, Ecuador d. Mark Knowles, Bahamas 6-4 6-0 6-0 Nicolas Lapentti, Ecuador d. Roger Smith, Bahamas 6-1 6-2 6-2 Doubles Andres Gomez and Nicolas Lapentti, Ecuador d. John Farrington and Roger Smith, Bahamas 6-4 6-0 6-4 Reverse Singles Giovanni Lapentti, Ecuador d. Bjorn Munroe, Bahamas 6-3 7-6(2) Luis Morejon, Ecuador d. John Farrington, Bahamas 6-2 6-1 At Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Hard) Canada 3, Mexico 2 Singles Alejandro Hernandez, Mexico d. Sebastien Lareau, Canada 4-6 7-6(4) 6-2 6-1 Daniel Nestor, Canada d. Luis Herrera, Mexico 6-4 6-7(5) 1-6 6-4 6-3 Doubles Sebastien Lareau and Daniel Nestor, Canada d. Alejandro Hernandez and David Roditi, Mexico 6-1 6-2 6-4 Reverse Singles Alejandro Hernandez, Mexico d. Bobby Kokavec, Canada 6-2 6-0 6-4 Sebastien Lareau, Canada d. Luis Herrera, Mexico 6-4 6-3 6-3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Euro-African Zone Group I First Round At Helsinki, Finland (Hard) Finland 3, Croatia 2 Singles Ville Liukko, Finland, def. Ivan Ljubicic, Croatia, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4. Sasa Hirszon, Croatia, def. Tuomas Ketola, Finland, 6-4, 3-6, 6-0, 7-6 (7-5). Doubles Tuomas Ketola and Ville Liukko, Finland, def. Sasa Hirszon and Ivan Ljubicic, Croatia, 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Reverse Singles Tuomas Ketola, Finland d. Ivan Ljubicic, Croatia 6-3 6-3 6-3 Zelijko Krajan, Croatia d. Ville Liukko, Finland 7-5 7-6(3) Playoffs At Kiev, Ukraine (Carpet) Ukraine 3, Denmark 2 Singles Andrei Medvedev, Ukraine, def. Frederik Fetterlein, Denmark, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5. Kenneth Carlsen, Denmark, def. Andrei Rybalko, Ukraine, 6-2, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3. Doubles Andrei Medvedev and Dmytro Poliakov, Ukraine, def. Frederik Fetterlein and Kenneth Carlsen, Denmark, 6-3, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 6-4. Reverse Singles Andrei Medvedev, Ukraine d. Kenneth Carlsen, Denmark 6-3 6-3 6-3 Frederik Fetterlein, Denmark d. Denis Yakimenko, Ukraine 6-2 6-2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Asia-Oceania Zone Group I First Round At Sapporo, Japan (Carpet) Japan 5, Indonesia 0 Singles Takao Suzuki, Japan, def. Andrian Raturandang, Indonesia, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4. Gouichi Motomura, Japan, def. Suhendar Dinata, Indonesia, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2. Doubles Takao Suzuki and Satoshi Iwabuchi, Japan, def. Sulistyo Wibowo and Andrian Raturandang, Indonesia, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6), 6-3. Reverse Singles Gouichi Motomura, Japan d. Andrian Raturandang, Indonesia 6-3 6-2 Takao Suzuki, Japan d. Dede Suhendar Dinata, Indonesia 6-3 6-4 At Beirut, Lebanon (Hard) First Round New Zealand 3, Lebanon 2 Singles Alistair Hunt, New Zealand, def. Ali Hamadeh, Lebanon, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Hicham Zaatini, Lebanon, defeated James Greenhalgh, New Zealand, 6-4, 6-2, 7-5. Doubles Alistair Hunt and James Greenhalgh, New Zealand, def. Hicham Zaatini and Ali Hamadeh, Lebanon, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. Reverse Singles Alistair Hunt, New Zeland d. Hicham Zaatini, Lebanon 7-5 7-6(4) 7-6(8) Ali Hamadeh, Lebanon d. James Greenhalgh, New Zeland 6-3 6-4 Playoffs At Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Hard) Uzbekistan 5, China 0 Singles Vadim Kutsenko, Uzbekistan, def. Wang Yue-Wei, China, 6-2, 6-2, 6-1. Oleg Ogorodov, Uzbekistan, def. Zhang Yu, China, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4. Doubles Oleg Ogorodov and Dmitry Tomashevich, Uzbekistan, def. Yu Zheng and Ling Lu, China, 3-6, 7-6, 6-4, 6-4. Reverse Singles Oleg Ogorodov, Uzbekistan d. Lu Zheng, China 6-4 6-4 Vadim Kutsenko, Uzbekistan d. Yu Zhang, China 6-3 3-6 6-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- American Zone Group II February 13-15, 1998 Venezuela d. Guatemala 4-1, in Venezuela (Hard) Singles Jimy Szymanski (VEN) d. Luis Perez-Chete (GUA) 6-0 6-3 6-4 Keppler Orellana (VEN) d. Jacobo Chavez (GUA) 6-3 6-3 6-4 Doubles Keppler Orellana/Jimy Szymanski (VEN) d. Daniel Chavez/Luis Valencia (GUA) 6-4 6-2 6-2 Reverse Singles Jose De Armas (VEN) d. Jacobo Chavez (GUA) 6-2 6-0 Luis Perez-Chete (GUA) d. Ricardo Omana (VEN) 7-6 6-4 Haiti d. Cuba 3-2, in Haiti (Hard) Singles Ronald Agenor (HAI) d. Armando Perez (CUB) 6-2 6-2 6-0 Lazaro Navarro (CUB) d. Bertrand Madsen (HAI) 7-6 6-7 6-4 4-6 6-3 Doubles Lazaro Navarro/Juan Pino (CUB) d. Ronald Agenor/J. Joseph (HAI) 6-4 6-3 2-6 6-4 Reverse Singles Roland Agenor (HAI) d. Lazaro Navarro (CUB) 6-2 6-1 6-4 Bertrand Madsen (HAI) d. Armando Perez (CUB) 6-3 4-6 6-2 6-2 Peru def. Jamaica 5-0, in Peru (Clay) Singles Luis Horna (PER) d. Jermaine Smith (JAM) 6-1 6-2 7-6 Alejandro Aramburu (PER) d. Karl Hale (JAM) 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-3 Doubles Luis Horna/Americo "Tupi" Venero (PER) d. Karl Hale/Nicholas Malcolm (JAM) 6-1 6-3 6-3 Reverse Singles Alejandro Aramburu (PER) d. Jermaine Smith (JAM) 6-1 6-4 Ivan Miranda (PER) d. Jesse Smatt (JAM) 6-3 6-1 Uruguay def. Paraguay 3-2, in Uruguay (Clay) Singles Ramon Delgado (PAR) d. Federico Dondo (URU) 6-0 6-3 6-1 Marcelo Filippini (URU) d. Ricardo Mena (PAR) 6-2 6-1 4-6 6-1 Doubles Marcelo Filippini/Gonzalo Rodriguez (URU) d. Ramon Delgado/Ricardo Mena? (PAR) 6-3 6-3 1-6 7-6 Reverse Singles Ramon Delgado (PAR) d. Marcelo Filippini (URU) 7-5 3-6 7-5 6-7 6-2 Federico Dondo (URU) d. Ricardo Mena (PAR) 6-7 6-4 6-2 7-6 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Asia/Oceania Group IV February 9-15, 1998 Dhaka, Bangladesh Bangladesh defeated Oman 2-1 Mudrik-Nadhim Al-Rawahi (OMA) d. Dilip Passia (BAN) 75 36 62 Shibu Lal (BAN) d. Khalid Al-Nabhani (OMA) 61 60 Shibu Lal/Moin-ud-din Walliullah (BAN) d. Khalid Al-Nabhani/Mudrik-Nadhim Al-Rawahi (OMA) 63 62. Iraq defeated Brunei 3-0 Mohamad A Ibrahim (IRQ) d. Aki Ismasufian Bin Pj Haji Ibrahim (BRU) 63 61 Saddam Hussain Kadhim (IRQ) d. Tony Shim (BRU) 60 61 Saddam Hussain Kadhim/Husein Ahmed Rashid (IRQ) d. Aki Ismasufian Bing Pg Haji Ibrahim/Latif Isa (BRU) 64 62. Bahrain defeated UAE 3-0 Essam-Jaafar Ali Abdul-aal (BRN) d. Mahmoud Nader Al-Baloushi (UAE) 61 60 Abdul-Latif Ahmed (BRN) d. Othman Al-Ulama (UAE) 63 61 Mohamed Jasim Sanad Ahmed/Abdul-Latif Ahmed (BRN) d. Mahmoud Nader Al-Baloushi/Mohammed Jamal Buschager (UAE) 61 60. Bahrain defeated Oman 3-0 Essam-Jaafar Ali Abdul-aal (BRN) d. Mazin Al-Shaibani (OMA) 60 60 Abdul-Latif Ahmed (BRN) d. Mudrik-Nadhim Al-Rawahi (OMA) 61 36 64 Essam Jaafar Ali Abdul-aal/Mohamed Jasim Sanad Ahmed (BRN) d. Khalid Al-Nabhani/Barkat-Salim Al-Sharji 63 62. Bangladesh defeated UAE 3-0 Dilip Passia (BAN) d. Mahmoud Nader Al-Baloushi (UAE) 62 63 Shibu Lal (BAN) d. Othman Al-Ulama (UAE) 60 61 Muammer Husain Khan/Moin-ud-din Walliullah (BAN) d. Mahmoud Nader Al-Baloushi/Mohammed-Saeed Al-Marri (UAE) 63 62. Jordan defeated Brunei 3-0 Fares Azzouni (JOR) d. Aki Ismasufian Bin Pj Haji Ibrahim (BRU) 62 36 11-9 Ahmed Al-Hadid (JOR) d. Tony Shim (BRU) 60 60 Fares & Laith Azzouni (JOR) d. Ismasufian B Pj Hj Ibrahim/Latif Isa (BRU) 64 62 Bangladesh defeated Jordan 2-1 Dilip Passia (BAN) d. Fares Azzouni (JOR) 60 63 Laith Azzouni (JOR) d. Shibu Lal (BAN) 36 63 62 Shibu Lal/Moin-ud-din Walliullah (BAN) d. Fares/Laith Azzouni (JOR) 26 62 63 Bahrain defeated Iraq 2-1 Essam-Jaafar Ali Abdul-aal (BRN) d. Haider Hussain Kadhim (IRQ) 61 62 Abdul-Latif Ahmed (BRN) d. Saddam Hussain Kadhim (IRQ) 61 26 62 Saddan Hussain Kadhim/Husein Ahmed Rashid (IRQ) d. Mohamed Jasim Sanad Ahmed/Essam-Jaafar Ali Abdul-aal (BRN) 76(2) 67(3) 75. UAE defeated Brunei 2-1 Aki Ismasufian Bin Pj Haji Ibrahim (BRU) d. Mohammed Jamal Buschager (UAE) 63 62 Mahmoud Nader Al-Baloushi (UAE) d. Chua Pheng How (BRU) 60 75 Mahmoud Nader Al-Baloushi/Mohammed-Saeed Al-Marri (UAE) d. Aki Ismasufian Bin Pj Haji Ibrahim/Latif Isa (BRU) 75 76(6). Jordan defeated Oman 2-1 Mudrik-Nadhim Al-Rawahi (OMA) d. Ahmed Al-Hadid (JOR) 61 62 Laith Azzouni (JOR) d. Khalid Al-Nabhani (OMA) 61 64 Fares and Laith Azzouni (JOR) d. Al-Nabhani/Al-Rawahi (OMA) 64 60 Bahrain defeated Brunei 3-0 Essam-Jaafar Ali Abdul-aal (BRN) d. Chua Pheng How (BRU) 60 60 Abdul-Latif Ahmed (BRN) d. Tony Shim (BRU) 60 60 Bader-Jaafar Ali Abdul-aal/Mohamed Jasim Sanad Ahmed (BRN) d. Aki Ismasufian Bin Pj Haji Ibrahim/Latif Isa (BRU) 76(4) 75. Iraq defeated UAE 3-0 Mohamad A Ibrahim (IRQ) d. Mahmoud Nader Al-Baloushi (UAE) 61 61 Saddam Hussain Kadhim (IRQ) d. Othman Al-Ulama (UAE) 60 62 Saddam Hussain Kadhim/Husein Ahmed Rashid (IRQ) d. Al-Ulama/Mohammed Jamal Buschager (UAE) 61 60 Bangladesh defeated Brunei 3-0 Dilip Passia (BAN) d. Aki Ismasufian Bin Pj Haji Ibrahim (BRU) 64 64 Shibu Lal (BAN) d. Chua Pheng How (BRU) 60 60 Shibu Lal/Moin-ud-din Walliullah (BAN) d. Chua Phen How/Latif Isa (BRU) 64 60 Iraq defeated Oman 2-1 Husein Ahmed Rashid (IRQ) d. Barkat-Salim Al-Sharji (OMA) 60 60 Mudrik-Nadhim Al-Rawahi (OMA) d. Mohamed A Ibrahim (IRQ) 64 64 Saddam Hussain Kadhim/Husein Ahmed Rashid (IRQ) d. Khalid Al-Nabhani/Mudrik-Nadhim Al-Rawahi (OMA) 75 75. Jordan defeated UAE 3-0 Ahmed Al-Hadid (JOR) d. Mahmoud Nader Al-Baloushi (UAE) 67(2) 62 61 Laith Azzouni (JOR) d. Othman Al-Ulama (UAE) 60 61 Fares and Laith Azzouni (JOR) d. Mahmoud Nader Al-Baloushi/Mohammed-Saeed Al-Marri (UAE) 64 63 Bangladesh defeated Iraq 3-0 Dilip Passia (BAN) d. Mohamed A Ibrahim (IRQ) 16 63 62 Shibu Lal (BAN) d. Saddam Hussain Kadhim (IRQ) 63 16 64 Muammer Husain Khan/Moin-uid-din Walliullah (BAN) d. Haider Hussain Kadhim/Husein Ahmed Rashid (IRQ) 62 26 62 Bahrain defeated Jordan 2-1 Essam-Jaafar Ali Abdul-aal (BRN) d. Ahmed Al-Hadid (JOR) 61 61 Laith Azzouni (JOR) d. Abdul-Latif Ahmed (BRN) 64 64 Essam-Jaafar Ali Abdul-aal/Mohamed Jasim Sanad Ahmed (BRN) d. Fares and Laith Azzouni (JOR) 62 63 Oman defeated Brunei 2-1 Mudrik-Nadhim Al-Rawahi (OMA) d. Latif Isa (BRU) 61 60 Khalid Al-Nabhani (OMA) d. Aki Ismasufian Bin Pj Haji Ibrahim (BRU) 62 62 Aki Ismasufian Bin Pj Haji Ibrahim/Latif Isa (BRU) d. Khalid Al-Nabhani/Mudrik-Nadhim Al-Rawahi (OMA) 76(3) 75 Bahrain defeated Bangladesh 2-1 Essam-Jaafar Ali Abdul-aal (BRN) d. Muammer Husain Khan (BAN) 63 62 Dilip Passia (BAN) d. Abdul-Latif Ahmed (BRN)16 63 64 Essam-Jaafar Ali Abdul-aal/Mohamed Jasim Sanad Ahmed (BRN) d. Muammer Hussain Khan/Moin-ud-din Walliullah (BAN) 36 63 63 Iraq defeated Jordan 3-0 Husein Ahmed Rashid (IRQ) d. Fares Azzouni (JOR) 26 63 75 Saddam Hussain Kadhim (IRQ) d. Ahmed Al-Hadid (JOR) 62 75 Haider Hussain Kadhim/Husein Ahmed Rashid (IRQ) d. Laith Azzouni/Yazid Saoud Ahmad Nsairat (JOR) 12 40-0 (retired) Oman defeated UAE 2-1 Mudrik-Nadhim Al-Rawahi (OMA) d. Mahmoud Nader Al-Baloushi (UAE) 63 62 Othman Al-Ulama (UAE) d. Khalid Al-Nabhani (OMA) 61 63 Khalid Al-Nabhani/Mudrik-Nadhim Al-Rawahi (OMA) d. Mahmoud Nader Al-Baloushi/Othman Al-Ulama (UAE) 75 67(5) 32 (retired) Final Point Standings Matches Sets Sets Games Games Nation Points Won Won Lost Won Lost Bahrain 6 15 32 9 229 114 Bangladesh 5 14 31 13 216 148 Iraq 4 12 28 14 212 145 Jordan 3 10 22 19 184 171 Oman 2 7 15 24 151 187 UAE 1 3 8 30 103 213 Brunei 0 2 5 32 104 221