THEY WERE DEFEATED but definitely not disgraced.
Barbados have been demoted, but not without a fight, having extended yesterday’s relegation tie against the Dominican Republic to a fifth and final rubber before suffering a heartbreaking 3-2 Davis Cup defeat on the road.
Fighting for the right to remain in Group I, Darian King started the improbable comeback by whipping world No. 94 Victor Estrella 7-6, 6-1, 6-1 before Haydn Lewis fell just short in a dramatic 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 loss to hometown hero Jose Hernandez.
It was the second time Hernandez came up big when it mattered most, with the big-hitting baseliner winning a similar reverse singles match with Lewis in Barbados last year before repeating the feat at the Centro Nacional De Tenis Parque Del Este.
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