China has lost both of its opening-day singles matches to
Uzbekistan in the first-round clash of the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania
Zone Group I playoffs on Friday.
Sun Peng was beaten 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 by Denis Istomin in the
opening match of the best-of-five contest before Wang Yu fell 6-4,
6-0, 6-1 to Farrukh Dustov.
Chinese pair Yu Xinyuan and Zeng Shaoxuan will take to the court
in doubles match on Saturday, followed by reverse singles scheduled
for Sunday.
In other Group I play-offs, India and South Korea were each held
to a 1-1 draw by their rivals, while Thailand took a 2-0 lead over
Japan.
(CRI April 8, 2006)
