Taipei Times
Date: Sep 18, 2017
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter, with AFP and Reuters
Taiwan yesterday failed to pull off the upset they required in their Davis Cup
Serbia’s Dusan Lajovic returns to France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in their Davis Cup World Group singles semi-final at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille, France, yesterday. Photo: AFP
Asia/Oceania Group I playoff at the Yang Gu Tennis Park in South Korea as the visitors were relegated.
Taiwan’s world No. 592 Yu Cheng-yu took on world No. 44 Chung Hye-on in the first reverse singles rubber looking for an unlikely victory, but was defeated 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 in one hour, 56 minutes as the hosts took an unassailable 3-1 lead in the best-of-five match.
Chung saved both break points he faced and converted six of 21, winning 99 of the 167 points contested.
There was some consolidation for the visitors in the dead second reverse singles rubber when Wu Tung-lin won a shortened three-set match 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 over Lee Jea-moon in 1 hour, 58 minutes.
Wu saved 10 of 15 break points and converted seven of 10, firing down eight aces to make the final score 3-2 to the hosts.
Typhoon rains again yesterday washed out the playoffs between Japan and Brazil with the hosts on the cusp of victory. [FULL STORY]
