BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Darian King, Barbados’ main tennis participant, delivered an excellent efficiency, securing two decisive singles victories to information his nation to a 3-1 win over Pakistan of their Davis Cup Group II encounter on Sunday. This marked the first-ever assembly between the 2 groups in Davis Cup historical past.
King, who famously reached the primary draw of the 2017 US Open, began Barbados off on the correct foot in Saturday’s opening singles match by defeating Muhammad Shoaib in straight units. The Barbadian dominated the match from begin to end, claiming a 6-3, 6-0 win in below 90 minutes.
Pakistan rallied by means of their seasoned participant, Aqeel Khan, who mounted a comeback to beat Barbados’ Kaipo Marshall in a three-set battle. Khan dropped the primary set however recovered to win 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, leveling the tie at 1-1 after day one among competitors.
A pivotal match
King then paired up together with his long-time doubles companion, Haydn Lewis, in a pivotal match on Sunday. The duo took on Khan and Pakistan’s doubles specialist Aisam Qureshi, rising victorious in a hard-fought contest, 7-6, 6-7, 6-2, to provide Barbados the higher hand as soon as extra.
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Within the reverse singles, King accomplished his stellar weekend by overpowering Yousaf Khalil with a commanding 6-3, 6-0 victory, clinching the tie for Barbados and handing the crew an unassailable 3-1 lead.
King, who as soon as ranked as excessive as 106 on the earth however has seen his rating drop exterior the highest 1,000 as a consequence of accidents, was instrumental in delivering Barbados’ historic conquer their Pakistani rivals.
