JERUSALEM, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) — Israel edged out Japan 3-2 within the World Group I matches of the Davis Cup tennis event on Sunday.
The indoor hardcourt best-of-five sequence befell on the Shlomo Group Arena within the coastal metropolis of Tel Aviv.
After concluding Day 1 on Saturday with a 1-1 tie, Japan clinched the doubles match at first of Day 2. Ben McLachlan and Kaito Uesugi defeated Daniel Cukierman and Edan Leshem 6-2, 7-6(2).
However, world No. 372 Cukierman bested 146th-ranked Sho Shimabukuro 2-6, 6-1, 7-6(4) to degree the rating within the fourth match.
In the pivotal fifth match, Yshai Oliel, ranked 470th globally, rebounded from a 6-2 first-set defeat to overcome world No. 193 Shintaro Mochizuki 7-5, 6-0 within the subsequent units, sealing Israel’s total win.