China 2-0 up in Davis Cup NZ tie
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China’s Davis Cup singles tennis players both came from behind to win the opening matches in the Asia/Oceania Group 1 tie against New Zealand yesterday.
In the first rubber in the northern port city of Tianjin, the home side’s Wu Di needed five sets to overcome Michael Venus, despite sitting 180 places above him in the world rankings. World No. 383 Venus took the first set but Wu, listed as 203, drew level on a tiebreak in the second, eventually winning 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2, 1-6, 6-3. In the day’s other match, the first set also went to New Zealand, with world No. 287 Rubin Statham taking it on a tiebreak, before Zhang Ze, ranked 253, ran out a 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 winner. New Zealand is newly promoted to Group 1 after beating the Philippines in September, while China had to face Chinese Taipei in a relegation playoff in April to stay in the division, which proved to be a comfortable 5-0 whitewash.
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