Hong Kong will return to group two in Davis Cup action next year after they defeated Sri Lanka 3-0 to remain unbeaten in the Asia/Oceania zone group three promotion-relegation tie at Victoria Park yesterday.
With only one match remaining, against Vietnam today, Hong Kong have already booked one of the two promotion slots available in this eight-nation tournament by first topping their preliminary round, and then cementing their position by defeating an up-and-coming Sri Lankan outfit in the second stage of competition.
Wayne Wong and Yu Hiu-tung both scored straight-sets victories, each winning by identical scorelines of 7-5, 6-2 against Harshana Godamanne and Renouk Wijemanne respectively.
The SAR's doubles pair of Brian Hung and Martin Sayer then wrapped up victory, defeating Godamanne and Rajeev Rajapakse 7-5, 6-1.
'It is good to wrap this up today itself and book our place back in group two,' said a happy Derek Ling, Hong Kong's non-playing captain.
But both Wong and Yu took the tough route to victory, making life harder for themselves by losing the plot momentarily when they had the upper hand in the first set.