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USVI secures 2-1 win over hosts Trinidad & Tobago in Davis Cup Americas Group IV round robin
Written by Bradley Jacks. Posted in Davis Cup. | 23 July 2024 | 201 Views
Tags: Tennis, Davis Cup, Trinidad And Tobago, Usvi

The US Virgin Islands secured a 2-1 win over hosts Trinidad & Tobago in Davis Cup Americas Group IV Round Robin play at the National Racquet Centre in Tacarigua on Tuesday.

The hosts got Tuesday’s tie off to a winning start with Kamran McIntosh-Ross securing a dominant 6-0, 7-5 win over Tomas Del Olmo in an hour and 21 minutes.

McIntosh-Ross had an excellent day on serve, winning 80% of his first serve points and saving all three break points faced.

The 20-year-old also was able to break Del Olmo’s serve four times.

Overall, the Trinidadian won 71 points compared to Del Olmo’s 47.

USVI levelled proceedings at 1-1 when Jan Neuburger-Higby beat Luca Shamsi 6-1, 6-2 in just over an hour.

Neuburger-Higby won 79% of his first serve points and converted all four of his break opportunities on Shamsi’s serve on his way to a comfortably victory.

The tie then came down to a doubles match between T&T’s Kale Dalla Costa and Alijah Leslie and USVI’s Del Olmo and Neuburger-Higby which the USVI pair dominated on the way to a 6-2, 6-3 victory.