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Davis Cup: Hong Kong retain World Group II status with emphatic doubles win for Coleman Wong and Kevin Wong over Zimbabwe
- Wong and Wong combine to defeat Benjamin and Courtney Lock in front of healthy crowd at Victoria Park
- ‘If there weren’t so many fans cheering us on, we may not have been able to come back,’ Kevin Wong says after early nerves
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Hong Kong retained their Davis Cup status as Coleman Wong Chak-lam and Kevin Wong Chun-hun beat their Zimbabwean doubles opponents in the World Group II play-off on Sunday.
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The straight-sets win over siblings Benjamin and Courtney Lock at Victoria Park gave Hong Kong an unassailable 3-0 lead in the best-of-five tie to ensure the hosts avoided relegation from World Group II.
“I think we played well and Kevin helped me a lot on the court,” Coleman Wong said. “I am happy to be playing in group II still.
“The scoreline may suggest a comfortable win, but it wasn’t that easy. Both teams wanted to win but we performed better and were able to stick to our game plan.”
With the Hong Kong team leading 2-0 after Jack Wong Hong-kit and Coleman Wong each won their singles matches on Saturday, their doubles duo made a slow start on Sunday, dropping three games in a row to trail 3-1.
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