8 Mar 2010

NZ beat Sri Lanka in Davis Cup

7:40 am on 8 March 2010

The New Zealand Davis Cup tennis team has completed a 3-2 victory over Sri Lanka in their Asia Oceania group 2 clash in Colombo.

Dan King Turner had to retire injured in the 5th set of the opening reverse singles match, but Rubin Statham sealed the tie with a straight sets victory in the deciding match.

New Zealand will now play in Pakistan in the next round in July.