DAVIS CUP UPDATES - Final Results
15 April 2008 ........................................................................ 10:43 IST

ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP I SECOND ROUND

AUSTRALIA defeated THAILAND 5-0
Venue: Townsville Entertainment and Conference Centre, Townsville (hard – indoors)
Chris Guccione (AUS) d. Danai Udomchoke (THA) 67(3) 76(7) 46 76(6) 75
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) d. Kirati Siributwong (THA) 60 60 61
Paul Hanley/Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) d. Weerapat Doakmaiklee/Kirati Siributwong (THA) 63 61 60
Peter Luczak (AUS) d. Danai Udomchoke (THA) 64 57 64
Chris Guccione (AUS) d. Weerapat Doakmaiklee (THA) 62 76(1)

INDIA defeated JAPAN 3-2
Venue: RK Khanna Tennis Stadium, New Delhi (grass – outdoors)
Rohan Bopanna (IND) d. Kei Nishikori (JPN) 76(2) 36 64 26 63
Prakash Amritraj (IND) d. Go Soeda (JPN) 46 67(5) 64 64 86
Mahesh Bhupathi/Leander Paes (IND) d. Satoshi Iwabuchi/Takao Suzuki (JPN) 76(2) 36 63 64
Kei Nishikori (JPN) d. Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) 75 61
Satoshi Iwabuchi (JPN) d. Leander Paes (IND) 64 46 64

Australia and India advance to World Group Play-offs in September

ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP I FIRST ROUND PLAY-OFFS

CHINESE TAIPEI defeated KAZAKHSTAN 3-2
Venue: Sport Complex Baganashil, Almaty (hard – indoors)
Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) d. Alexey Kedryuk (KAZ) 63 75 62
Yuriy Schukin (KAZ) d. Ti Chen (TPE) 36 63 26 64 64
Alexey Kedryuk/Yuriy Schukin (KAZ) d. Ti Chen/Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) 62 63 67(2) 75
Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) d. Yuriy Schukin (KAZ) 63 64 62
Ti Chen (TPE) d. Alexey Kedryuk (KAZ) 76(8) 46 61 76(4)

UZBEKISTAN defeated PHILIPPINES 3-2
Venue: Philippine Columbian Association, Manila (clay – indoors)
Denis Istomin (UZB) d. Patrick-John Tierro (PHI) 64 62 63
Cecil Mamiit (PHI) d. Farrukh Dustov (UZB) 57 63 55 ret.
Farrukh Dustov/Denis Istomin (UZB) d. Cecil Mamiit/Eric Taino (PHI) 76(10) 57 61 76(4)
Denis Istomin (UZB) d. Cecil Mamiit (PHI) 63 60 64
Eric Taino (PHI) d. Vaja Uzakov (UZB) 64 64

ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP II SECOND ROUND

CHINA, P.R. defeated INDONESIA 3-2
Venue: Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Stadium, Jakarta (hard – outdoors)
Yan Bai (CHN) d. Ayrton Wibowo (INA) 63 61 75
Zhe Li (CHN) d. Christopher Rungkat (INA) 63 61 61
Ketut-Nesa Arta/Christopher Rungkat (INA) d. Mao-Xin Gong/Zhe Li (CHN) 67(1) 64 26 63 97
Yan Bai (CHN) d. Christopher Rungkat (INA) 61 64 16 60
Aditya Hari Sasongko (INA) d.Wan Gao (CHN) 64 76(5)

NEW ZEALAND defeated KUWAIT 5-0
Venue: Bassam Al-Motawa Tennis Center, Meshref (hard – outdoors)
Daniel King-Turner (NZL) d. Ahmad Rabeea Muhammad (KUW) 64 61 61
Jose Statham (NZL) d. Mohammad Ghareeb (KUW) 63 62 63
Daniel King-Turner/G.D. Jones (NZL) d. Mohammad Ghareeb/Mohammad-Khalid Siddiq (KUW) 62 64 64
Mark Nielsen (NZL) d. Ali Israeel (KUW) 64 62
Jose Statham (NZL) d. Ahmad Rabeea Muhammad (KUW) 61 61

ASIA/OCEANIA GROUP II RELEGATION PLAY-OFFS

HONG KONG, CHINA defeated LEBANON 3-2
Venue: Chinese Recreation Club, Hong Kong, (hard – outdoors)
Hiu-Tung Yu (HKG) d. Jicham Zaatini (LIB) 76(2) 76(2) 67(1) 60
Karim Alayli (LIB) d. Michael Lai (HKG) 62 62 36 36 97
Karim Alayli/Jicham Zaatini (LIB) d. Adrian Montesinos/Henry So (HKG) 67(4) 46 63 76(7) 64
Hiu-Tung Yu (HKG) d. Karim Alayli (LIB) 62 63 63
Michael Lai (HKG) d. Inbrahim Abou Chahine (LIB) 61 61 62

OMAN defeated PACIFIC OCEANIA 3-2
Venue: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat (hard – outdoors)
Khalid Al Nabhani (OMA) d. Michael Leong (POC) 61 76(3) 64
Mohammed Al Nabhani (OMA) d. Juan-Sebastian Langton (POC) 75 62 46 46 62
Khalid Al Nabhani/Mohammed Al Nabhani (OMA) d. Brett Baudinet/Cyril Jacobe (POC) 76(3) 57 36 76(3) 64
Michael Leong (POC) d. Mohammed Al Nabhani (OMA) 67(3) 63 63
Juan-Sebastian Langton (POC) d. Sulaiman Al Rawahi (OMA) 61 64

Lebanon and Pacific Oceania relegated to Asia/Oceania Group III for 2009
Vietnam and United Arab Emirates relegated to Asia/Oceania Group IV for 2009

ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP IV – Negara, Brunei
Final Standings:
Group A: 1. Singapore, 2. Myanmar, 3=Bahrain, Iraq*, 5. Brunei (*tie to finish on Monday)
Group B: 1. Saudi Arabia, 2. Bangladesh, 3. Jordan 4. Turkmenistan, 5. Mongolia, 6. Qatar.

Singapore and Saudi Arabia promoted to Asia/Oceania Group III for 2009