2008 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I

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The Asian and Oceanian Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2008.

In the Asian and Oceanian Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.

Participating teams

•  Australia
•  Chinese Taipei
•  India
•  Japan
•  Kazakhstan
•  Philippines
•  Thailand
•  Uzbekistan

Draw

	Second-round play-offs					First-round play-offs					First Round					Second Round
											Kaohsiung, Taiwan (hard)
											1	Australia	4
						Almaty, Kazakhstan (indoor hard)						Chinese Taipei	1			Townsville, Australia (indoor hard)
						Chinese Taipei		3								1	Australia	5
						Kazakhstan		2			Almaty, Kazakhstan (indoor hard)					3	Thailand	0
											3	Thailand	3
	Astana, Kazakhstan (indoor clay)											Kazakhstan	2
	Kazakhstan		5
	Philippines		0								New Delhi, India (grass)
												Uzbekistan	2
						Manila, Philippines (indoor clay)					4	India	3			New Delhi, India (grass)
						Uzbekistan		3								4	India	3
						Philippines		2			Manila, Philippines (hard)					2	Japan	2
												Philippines	0
											2	Japan	5

•  Philippines relegated to Group II in 2009.
•  Australia and  India advance to World Group play-off.

First Round Matches

Chinese Taipei vs. Australia

Chinese Taipei 1	Yang-Ming Tennis Center, Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei[1] 8 – 10 February 2008 Hard		Australia 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Chen Ti Lleyton Hewitt 4 6 0 6 3 6       2 Lu Yen-hsun Chris Guccione 65 77 4 6 69 711       3 Lu Yen-hsun / Jimmy Wang Paul Hanley / Lleyton Hewitt 6 2 77 64 4 6 2 6 2 6   4 Yang Tsung-hua Alun Jones 6 4 3 6 2 6       5 Chen Ti Paul Hanley 77 63 6 1

Kazakhstan vs. Thailand

Kazakhstan 2	Sport Complex Baganashil, Almaty, Kazakhstan[2] 8 – 10 February 2008 Hard (indoor)		Thailand 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Alexey Kedryuk Danai Udomchoke 68 710 1 6 5 7       2 Syrym Abdukhalikov Weerapat Doakmaiklee 6 3 6 4 77 65       3 Syrym Abdukhalikov / Dmitriy Makeyev Sanchai Ratiwatana / Sonchat Ratiwatana 4 6 4 6 2 6       4 Syrym Abdukhalikov Danai Udomchoke 7 5 4 6 2 6 3 6     5 Alexey Kedryuk Weerapat Doakmaiklee 6 3 6 2

India vs. Uzbekistan

India 3	RK Khanna Tennis Stadium, New Delhi, India[3] 8 – 10 February 2008 Grass		Uzbekistan 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Rohan Bopanna Farrukh Dustov 6 3 6 3 6 1       2 Somdev Devvarman Denis Istomin 3 6 4 6 2 6       3 Mahesh Bhupathi / Rohan Bopanna Farrukh Dustov / Denis Istomin 6 3 6 3 6 4       4 Rohan Bopanna Denis Istomin 6 4 6 4 4 6 61 77 6 8   5 Prakash Amritraj Farrukh Dustov 6 3 3 6 6 3 6 2

Philippines vs. Japan

Philippines 0	Rizal Memorial Tennis Center, Manila, Philippines[4] 8 – 10 February 2008 Hard		Japan 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Patrick-John Tierro Go Soeda 1 6 6 4 2 6 6 2 4 6   2 Cecil Mamiit Takao Suzuki 5 7 64 77 6 2 2 6     3 Cecil Mamiit / Eric Taino Go Soeda / Takao Suzuki 77 65 68 710 65 77 4 6     4 Johnny Arcilla Go Soeda 3 6 2 6         5 Eric Taino Yūichi Sugita 2 6 3 6

Second Round Matches

Australia vs. Thailand

Australia 5	Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville, Australia[5] 11 – 13 April 2008 Hard		Thailand 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Chris Guccione Danai Udomchoke 63 77 79 67 4 6 78 66 7 5   2 Lleyton Hewitt Kirati Siributwong 6 0 6 0 6 1       3 Paul Hanley / Lleyton Hewitt Weerapat Doakmaiklee / Kirati Siributwong 6 3 6 1 6 0       4 Peter Luczak Danai Udomchoke 6 4 5 7 6 4       5 Chris Guccione Weerapat Doakmaiklee 6 2 77 61

India vs. Japan

India 3	RK Khanna Tennis Stadium, New Delhi, India[6] 11 – 13 April 2008 Grass		Japan 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Rohan Bopanna Kei Nishikori 77 62 3 6 6 4 2 6 6 3   2 Prakash Amritraj Go Soeda 4 6 65 77 6 4 6 4 8 6   3 Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes Satoshi Iwabuchi / Takao Suzuki 77 62 3 6 6 3 6 4     4 Mahesh Bhupathi Kei Nishikori 5 7 1 6         5 Leander Paes Satoshi Iwabuchi 4 6 6 4 4 6

First-round play-offs

Kazakhstan vs. Chinese Taipei

Kazakhstan 2	Sport Complex Baganashil, Almaty, Kazakhstan[7] 11 – 13 April 2008 Hard (indoor)		Chinese Taipei 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Alexey Kedryuk Lu Yen-hsun 3 6 5 7 2 6       2 Yuri Schukin Chen Ti 3 6 6 3 2 6 6 4 6 4   3 Alexey Kedryuk / Yuri Schukin Chen Ti / Lu Yen-hsun 6 2 6 3 62 77 7 5     4 Yuri Schukin Lu Yen-hsun 3 6 4 6 2 6       5 Alexey Kedryuk Chen Ti 68 710 6 4 1 6 64 77

Philippines vs. Uzbekistan

Philippines 2	Philippine Columbian Association, Manila, Philippines[8] 11 – 13 April 2008 Clay (indoor)		Uzbekistan 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Patrick-John Tierro Denis Istomin 4 6 2 6 3 6       2 Cecil Mamiit Farrukh Dustov 5 7 6 3 5 5       retired 3 Cecil Mamiit / Eric Taino Farrukh Dustov / Denis Istomin 610 712 7 5 1 6 64 77     4 Cecil Mamiit Denis Istomin 3 6 0 6 4 6       5 Eric Taino Vaja Uzakov 6 4 6 4

Second-round play-offs

Kazakhstan vs. Philippines

Kazakhstan 5	The National Tennis Centre, Astana, Kazakhstan[9] 19 – 21 September 2008 Clay (indoor)		Philippines 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Yuri Schukin Cecil Mamiit 6 0 6 2 6 3       2 Andrey Golubev Johnny Arcilla 6 2 6 1 6 0       3 Andrey Golubev / Yuri Schukin Johnny Arcilla / Cecil Mamiit 7 5 6 2 6 1       4 Mikhail Kukushkin Cecil Mamiit 6 4 4 6 79 67       5 Syrym Abdukhalikov Patrick-John Tierro 67 79 7 5 6 4