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Tennis News of Saturday, 13 July 2002

    

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Davis Cup: Ghana 4, Armenia 1

Armenia got its first victory in a five-match Davis Cup tie against Ghana on Sunday, but the final score in the Euro/African Zone II second round playoffs was 4-1 to the West Africans.

Ghana had taken an unassailable 3-0 lead over Armenia on Saturday, after winning the first two singles games, and the doubles match.

Ghana's Kwasi Ahinkora defeated Armenia's Tsolak Gevorgyan 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (6) in their reverse singles match Sunday.

Armenian pride was soothed however when Harutyan Sotyan defeated Fred Agyiri in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3.

On Saturday, Ghana's Gunther Darkey and Henry Adjei-Darko defeated Gevorgyan and Sotyan in the doubles. In Friday's singles matches, Darkey beat Sotyan and Adjei-Darko beat Gevorgyan.

  Results (Ghanaian names first):

  Saturday's doubles:

  Henry Adjei-Darko/Gunther Darkey bt Tsolak Gevorgyan/Harutian Sofian, 7-6 (7-0), 6-0, 7-6 (7-3)

  Friday's singles:

  Henry Adjei-Darko bt Tsolak Gevorgyan, 6-3, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3

  Gunther Darkey bt Harutian Sofian, 7-6 (7-0), 6-0, 7-6 (7-3)Enditem