Heartbreak for Davis Cup team

THE Zimbabwe Davis Cup team went down fighting when they lost 2-1 to the host and favourites Egypt in the playoffs of the 2013 Africa Zone Davis Cup Group III tournament at Cairo’s Smash Tennis Academy in Egypt on Saturday.

The win saw the hosts alongside Morocco, who won their play-offs against Madagascar, receive promotion to the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Europe/Africa Zone Group II for 2014.

Zimbabwe did not have the best start as Mark Fyn lost the first singles match in the playoffs to Egypt’s Sabry Sherif who won 6-2, 6-2 to give the Egyptians the advantage as they went 1-0 up.

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