Team Nigeria recovered from day two disappointing 0-3 loss to Namibia to secure an impressive 3-0 win over Cote d’Ivoire in their third match at the ongoing Davis Cup Africa Group III Qualifier presently holding in Abuja.
The win however brightened Nigeria’s chances of securing promotion to World Group II as the team now has five wins from nine matches.
Michael Emmanuel, coming from his opening day win against Courtney Lock of Zimbabwe, opened the floodgates of wins for Nigeria after defeating his Ivorian counterparts, Francky Hoimian Martial, in two straight sets. Emmanuel won the match 6-1, 6-3 despite a frantic attempt of comeback by the Ivorian player.
In the second rubber, Christopher Bulus, who was still disappointed after the final set loss to Namibia’s Connor Van Schalkwyk on Wednesday, got a near perfect 6-0, 6-1 win against Frederick Coulibaly of Côte d’Ivoire.
Bulus would later partner with Daniel Adeleye to outlast the Ivorian pair of Hoimian and Coulibaly in a 6-2, 7-6(2) win to ensure Nigeria finished the day with a perfect 3-0 record.
Nigeria’s next match will be against Benin Republic where a win will strengthen their chances of reaching the promotion zone.
Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, who are yet to record any so far, will square up against each other while the top two teams, Namibia and Zimbabwe will go head-to-head on Friday.
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