T&T face Cuba in Davis Cup opener
TRINIDAD and Tobago will oppose Cuba when Americas Zone Neighborhood IV of the Davis Cup serves off this present day on the Nationwide Racquet Centre, Tacarigua.
The two teams are in Neighborhood B, along with Nicaragua, St Lucia and United States Virgin Islands (USVI), while Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Haiti and Honduras had been drawn in the assorted spherical-robin in the end of the old day’s captains’ assembly.
The tip two teams from each group will wrestle on Saturday for the 2 promotion areas to Neighborhood III of the area’s premier male group tennis tournament next yr.
T&T has no longer been in the conversation for promotion for the closing decade, and even when the lowest rung of the Davis Cup ladder became as soon as dropped by the formation of the Neighborhood IV in 2022, the group best managed to space seventh of 9, and then closing of 9 closing yr, despite playing at home in each editions.
The ladder became as soon as lowered again this yr, however Neighborhood V is best in the Africa and Asia/Oceania zones.
Luca Shamsi is the best particular person that has been on the T&T group in the closing two years. The British college student is soundless best 18 as he makes his third straight appearance.
It is a squad comprised totally of formative years as there are no gamers over the age of 20 in the quintet.
That is the age of Alijah Leslie, a United States college student, and Kamran McIntosh-Ross, an American with local roots who obtained a match in the rivals when he made his debut three years ago.
Cherish Shamsi, Tim Pasea might maybe perchance be 18, three years older than this yr’s Tranquillity Open runner-up Kale Dalla Costa, who will became this country’s youngest Davis Cup player since Shane Stone became as soon as also 15 in 1993.
Nicaragua will reach up against USVI in the assorted Neighborhood B fixture this present day, while St Lucia will be on a bye.
In Neighborhood A, Antigua & Barbuda will oppose Honduras while Aruba address Haiti. Each fixture will encompass two easiest-of-three sets singles matches and must soundless attain with a doubles match.
Guatemala and Puerto Rico defeated Nicaragua and Antigua & Barbuda, respectively, for promotion closing yr, while Aruba, USVI, Cuba and Haiti ended up fifth thru eighth, respectively.
Honduras and Panama had been demoted from Neighborhood III, however the latter withdrew nowadays.
The St Lucians had pulled out from closing yr’s Neighborhood IV rivals. First advantage this present day is 10 a.m.