NAMIBIA only managed to win one of its three group matches this week and will now meet Kenya in the fifth position playoff match in Pool A at the Davis Cup Africa Group III competition in Tunis, Tunisia.
This means that they will miss out on a chance to gain promotion to Group II and will once again play in Group III next year.Namibia beat Ghana 2-1 on Monday, but then lost 3-0 to Tunisia on Tuesday and 3-0 to Zimbabwe on Wednesday.Namibia got off to a good start against Ghana on Monday as Tuki Jacobs thrashed Enock Godi 6-0, 6-3 in their singles encounter.Ghana levelled the tie when Henry Adjei-Darko beat Jean Erasmus 6-1, 6-1, but Jacobs and Erasmus then beat Adjei-Darko and Raymond Harford 6-4, 6-1 to clinch the tie for Namibia.On Tuesday, the hosts Tunisia comfortably beat Namibia. In the singles matches, Mohamed Abid beat Tuki Jacobs 6-0, 6-2, while Malek Jaziri beat Jean Erasmus 6-2, 6-4. In the doubles, Anis Ghorbel and Slim Hanza beat Johan de Witt and Deon van Dyk 6-0, 6-3.On Wednesday, Namibia once again slumped to a 3-0 defeat against Zimbabwe.In the singles matches, Tuki Jacobs lost 6-4, 6-2 against Benjamin Lock, while Jean Erasmus lost 7-6, 6-4 to Mark Flynn. In the doubles, Benjamin Lock and Tendai Tapfuma beat Johan de Witt and Deon van Dyk 6-3, 6-1.Zimbabwe and Tunisia will now join the top teams in Pool B, the Ivory Coast and Benin in the promotion playoff matches for Group II, with the top two teams being promoted.- namibiasport.com.na
