Mexico beat Jamaica in Davis Cup tie
Published:Monday | March 9, 2009 | 7:18 PM
Mexico completed a 5-0 shutout of Jamaica in their Americas Group Two Davis Cup tennis play-off at the Rafael Osuna Stadium in Mexico yesterday.
Already with a winning 3-nil lead entering the last day, the Mexicans maintained their dominance and captured both remaining singles matches to complete the rout.
Miguel Gallardo-Valles defeated Chris Lawson 6-0, 6-3 to make it 4-nil and Bruno Echagaray stopped Brandon Burke 6-2, 6-0 also in straight sets for the 5-nil scoreline.
In the other ties completed yesterday, Venezuela beat Netherlands Antilles 4-1, Dominican Republic crushed Guatemala 5-0, and Paraguay outgunned Bahamas 4-1.
The series continues in July with Jamaica facing the Netherlands Antilles and Guatemala meeting the Bahamas to maintain their Group Two positions.