Davis Cup: PHL suffers heartbreaker against Pakistan at home

The Philippine Davis Cup team won two straight before losing the last three matches to end their campaign to qualify for the 2014 Davis Cup Group II Asia/Oceania final, Sunday at the Philippine Columbian Association tennis court in Manila.

The home team won the first two singles matches on Friday, as PJ Tierro defeated Ageel Khan, 7-5 6-4 6-4, while Ruben Gonzales outlasted Samir Iftikhar, 6-4 6-3 6-1.

On Saturday, Gonzales partnered up with doubles veteran Treat Huey, but they were defeated by Khan and Aisam Qureshi, 7-5 6-3 6-2.

The Philippines still held on to a 2-1 lead heading into Sunday, but Johnny Arcilla was not able to finish the third singles match, yielding to Khan, 4-6 6-1 2-6 6-3 5-1. Much pressure was put on Tierro against Qureshi, but unfortunately, the Filipino bowed out, with his opponent finishing with a score of 6-2 6-3 3-6 6-4.

With the win, Pakistan will face Thailand in the finals in September with the winner getting promoted to Group I play. - AMD, GMA News