Davis Cup July 21-27, 2003 Asia/Oceania Zone - Group III Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hard Group A Kyrgyzstan Kuwait Pacific Oceania United Arab Emirates Group B Bahrain Malaysia Qatar Syria Round Robin Wednesday, July 23, 2003 Group A Kuwait d. Pacific Oceania 3-0 Khaliq Siddiq (KUW) d. Cyril Jacobe (POC) 6-1 6-3 Mohammed Al Ghareeb (KUW) d. Juan Langton (POC) 6-2 6-4 Mohammed Al Ghareeb/Abdullah Magdas (KUW) d. Brett Baudinet/Juan Langton (POC) 6-3 7-6(7) Kyrgyzstan d. United Arab Emirates 2-1 Ruslan Eshmoukhamedov (KGZ) d. Mahmoud Nader (UAE) 6-2 7-6(2) Ernest Batyrbekov (KGZ) d. Omar Bahrouzyan (UAE) 6-3 6-4 Omar Bahrouzyan/Mohamed Abdul Aziz Al Nuaimi (UAE) d. Ernest Batyrbekov/Ruslan Eshmoukhamedov (KGZ) 6-4 3-6 6-2 Group B Malaysia d. Syria 3-0 Adam Jaya (MAS) d. Rabie Bou-Hassoun (SYR) 6-4 3-6 5-0 ret. Yew-Ming Si (MAS) d. Laith Salim (SYR) 6-2 7-6(5) Kok-Seong Lai/Mohammed Noor Noordin (MAS) d. Wael Chami/Abraham Ibrahim (SYR) 6-1 6-1 Qatar d. Bahrain 3-0 Amir Ebrahim (QAT) d. Abdul-Rahman Shehab (BRN) 6-4 6-4 Sultan-Khalfan Al Alawi (QAT) d. Essam Abdul-Aal (BRN) 6-1 6-2 Mohamed Abdullah/Amir Ebrahim (QAT) d. Nader Abdul-Aal/Abdul-Rahman Shehab (BRN) 6-3 5-7 6-3 Thursday, July 24, 2003 Group A Kuwait d. Kyrgyzstan 3-0 Khaliq Siddiq (KUW) d. Ruslan Eshmoukhamedov (KGZ) 6-3 6-1 Mohammed Al Ghareeb (KUW) d. Ernest Batyrbekov (KGZ) 6-0 6-2 Musaad Al Jazzaf/Abdullah Magdas (KUW) d. Boris Baichorov/Sergey Ni (KGZ) 7-6(1) 6-0 Pacific Oceania d. United Arab Emirates 3-0 Cyril Jacobe (POC) d. Mahmoud Nader (UAE) 6-4 6-4 Juan Langton (POC) d. Omar Bahrouzyan (UAE) 6-1 6-2 Brett Baudinet/Juan Langton (POC) d. Mohamed Abdul Aziz Al Nuaimi/Mahmoud Mader (UAE) 6-1 6-1 Group B Malaysia d. Bahrain 2-1 Abdul-Rahman Shehab (BRN) d. Adam Jaya (MAS) 6-4 6-4 Yew-Ming Si (MAS) d. Bader Abdul-Aal (BRN) 6-0 6-3 Adam Jaya/Yew-Ming Si (MAS) d. Nader Abdul-Aal/Abdul-Rahman Shehab (BRN) 6-0 6-3 Qatar d. Syria 2-1 Abraham Ibrahim (SYR) d. Amir Ebrahim (QAT) 6-4 6-1 Sultan-Khalfan Al Alawi (QAT) d. Rabie Bou-Hassoun (SYR) 6-1 6-3 Sultan-Khalfan Al Alawi/Amir Ebrahim (QAT) d. Abraham Ibrahim/Laith Salim (SYR) 6-1 6-3 Friday, July 25, 2003 Group A Kuwait d. United Arab Emirates 3-0 Abdullah Magdas (KUW) d. Mohamed Abdul Aziz Al Nuaimi (UAE) 6-2 6-1 Musaad Al Jazzaf (KUW) d. Mahmoud Nader (UAE) 7-6(6) 6-2 Musaad Al Jazzaf/Abdullah Magdas (KUW) d. Mohamed Abdul Aziz Al Nuaimi/Mahmoud Nader (UAE) 6-1 6-1 Pacific Oceania d. Kyrgyzstan 2-1 Ruslan Eshmoukhamedov (KGZ) d. Cyril Jacobe (POC) 6-3 1-6 6-0 Juan Langton (POC) d. Ernest Batyrbekov (KGZ) 6-2 6-1 Brett Baudinet/Juan Langton (POC) d. Ernest Batyrbekov/Ruslan Eshmoukhamedov (KGZ) 7-6(6) 6-4 Group B Malaysia d. Qatar 2-1 Amir Ebrahim (QAT) d. Adam Jaya (MAS) 4-6 5-4 ret. Yew-Ming Si (MAS) d. Sultan-Khalfan Al Alawi (QAT) 7-5 6-2 Mohammed Noor Noordin/Yew-Ming Si (MAS) d. Sultan-Khalfan Al Alawi/Amir Ebrahim (QAT) 6-1 6-2 Syria d. Bahrain 2-1 Abraham Ibrahim (SYR) d. Abdul-Rahman Shehab (BRN) 4-6 2-0 ret. Essam Abdul-Aal (BRN) d. Laith Salim (SYR) 6-1 6-2 Abraham Ibrahim/Laith Salim (SYR) d. Essam Abdul-Aal/Nader Abdul-Aal (BRN) 1-6 6-2 6-3 Round Robin Final Standings Matches Sets Sets Games Games Nation Points Won Won Lost Won Lost Group A Kuwait 3 9 18 0 111 44 Pacific Oceania 2 5 11 8 89 76 Kyrgyzstan 1 3 7 13 75 101 United Arab Emirates 0 1 2 17 56 110 Group B Malaysia 3 7 15 5 107 64 Qatar 2 6 12 8 96 79 Syria 1 3 7 14 72 98 Bahrain 0 2 7 14 71 105 Saturday, July 26, 2003 Playoffs for 1st-4th positions Malaysia d. Pacific Oceania 3-0 Kok-Seong Lai (MAS) d. Cyril Jacobe (POC) 6-3 6-4 Yew-Ming Si (MAS) d. Juan Langton (POC) 6-0 6-2 Adam Jaya/Mohammed Noor Noordin (MAS) d. Brett Baudinet/Juan Langton (POC) 3-6 7-5 6-3 Kuwait d. Qatar 3-0 Khaliq Siddiq (KUW) d. Mohamed Abdullah (QAT) 6-1 6-2 Mohammed Al Ghareeb (KUW) d. Sultan-Khalfan Al Alawi (QAT) 6-0 6-2 Musaad Al Jazzaf/Abdullah Magdas (KUW) d. Mohamed Abdullah/Amir Ebrahim (QAT) 6-3 6-4 Playoffs for 5th-8th positions Bahrain d. Kyrgyzstan 3-0 Abdul-Rahman Shehab (BRN) d. Boris Baichorov (KGZ) 6-2 4-6 8-6 Essam Abdul-Aal (BRN) d. Ernest Batyrbekov (KGZ) 4-6 6-4 6-1 Nader Abdul-Aal/Abdul-Rahman Shehab (BRN) d. Boris Baichorov/Sergey Ni (KGZ) 6-4 6-4 United Arab Emirates d. Syria 2-1 Mahmoud Nader (UAE) d. Abraham Ibrahim (SYR) 6-3 6-2 Laith Salim (SYR) d. Omar Bahrouzyan (UAE) 6-0 6-2 Omar Bahrouzyan/Mahmoud Nader (UAE) d. Abraham Ibrahim/Laith Salim (SYR) 7-5 6-4 Sunday, July 27, 2003 Kuwait d. Malaysia 3-0 Abdullah Magdas (KUW) d. Mohammed Noor Noordin (MAS) 6-4 6-1 Musaad Al Jazzaf (KUW) d. Kok-Seong Lai (MAS) 6-3 6-2 Musaad Al Jazzaf/Abdullah Magdas (KUW) d. Adam Jaya/Mohammed Noor Noordin (MAS) 6-3 6-4 Pacific Oceania d. Qatar 2-1 Cyril Jacobe (POC) d. Mohamed Abdullah (QAT) 6-7(2) 6-3 6-0 Sultan-Khalfan Al Alawi (QAT) d. Juan Langton (POC) 6-1 7-5 Brett Baudinet/Cyril Jacobe (POC) d. Sultan-Khalfan Al Alawi/Mohamed Abdullah (QAT) 6-2 6-2 Syria d. Kyrgyzstan 2-1 Rabie Bou-Hassoun (SYR) d. Ruslan Eshmoukhamedov (KGZ) 7-6(4) 6-1 Laith Salim (SYR) d. Ernest Batyrbekov (KGZ) 6-1 6-0 Boris Baichorov/Sergey Ni (KGZ) d. Wael Chami/Abraham Ibrahim (SYR) 6-4 3-6 6-4 Bahrain d. United Arab Emirates 2-1 Abdul-Rahman Shehab (BRN) d. Mahmoud Nader (UAE) 2-6 6-2 6-4 Omar Bahrouzyan (UAE) d. Essam Abdul-Aal (BRN) 6-1 6-4 Essam Abdul-Aal/Abdul-Rahman Shehab (BRN) d. Omar Bahrouzyan/Mahmoud Nader (UAE) 3-6 7-6(5) 6-1 Final Stage Standings Matches Sets Sets Games Games Nation Points Won Won Lost Won Lost Group 1 Kuwait* 3 9 18 0 109 48 Malaysia* 2 5 11 9 92 85 Pacific Oceania 1 2 5 15 78 104 Qatar 0 2 5 15 65 107 Group 2 Syria 2 5 11 10 97 81 Bahrain 2 6 14 10 110 102 Kyrgyzstan** 1 3 9 13 93 115 United Arab Emirates**1 4 10 11 96 98 * Kuwait and Malaysia promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2004 ** Kyrgyzstan and United Arab Emirates relegated to Asia/Oceania Zone Group III in 2004