TENNIS – Bahrain will be playing for ninth place overall today in the Group V Asia/Oceania competition of the Davis Cup 2026, currently being played in Phan Thiet, Vietnam.
The kingdom’s representatives, featuring Hashem Altoobli, Ahmed Al Sayed, and Rushikesh Sonawane, are one of 14 national teams in the event.
They will be taking on their counterparts from Macau in their first match of the ninth-to-12th play-offs, which also features the Maldives playing Brunei.
The Bahrainis are in their ranking bracket after losing both their contests in Group A of the preliminary round – first 1-2 against Nepal and then 1-2 against Bangladesh – placing them last in their pool’s standings.
Meanwhile, four teams – the winners of each of the four groups in the preliminaries – will be competing for two promotion spots today to Group IV, including Nepal, Pacific Oceania, Yemen, Mongolia.
In the other classification brackets, vying for fifth are Bangladesh, Laos, Guam, and the UAE, while battling for 13th are Tajikistan and Bhutan.
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