Kazakhstan beats Switzerland, enters Davis Cup World Group
09:55, 20 September 2010
ASTANA. September 20. KAZINFORM /Gulnara Zhandagulova/ Kazakh men's team has moved through to the elite World Group for the first time in the country's history; Kazinform refers to the press service of Kazakhstan Tennis Federation.
The national team won both reverse singles matches held on September 19. Andrey Golubev won the final match against Michael Lammer, and Mikhail Kukushkin managed to beat Marco Chiudinelli.
Thus, Kazakhstan completed a 5-0 whitewash over Switzerland.
The matches took place at the National Tennis Center in Astana.
The Davis Cup is an annual lawn tennis championship. This is the leading international team competition.