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GUAM GAINS SECOND STRAIGHT DAVIS CUP VICTORY

3-0 sweep over Turkmenistan

PRESS RELEASE – Guam does it again with a second-straight sweep in Davis Cup by BNP Paribas play in two days, this time against Turkmenistan.

Christopher Cajigan is on a roll, winning his second straight Davis Cup singles match against Turkmenistan’s Atlymyrat Gurbanov 7-5, 7-5.

Second Davis Cup tie win was secured by Guam’s Danny Llarenas. Danny defeated Turkmenistan’s Yuriy Roguskiy 7-6(6), 6-4 in one hour and 43 minutes.

Guam tandem of Mason Caldwell and Jean-Pierre Huynh gave Guam their second 3-0 win sweep when they played Turkmenistan’s Hadzhymyrat Charyyev and Gurbanberdi Gurbanberdiyev in doubles play winning 7-6(6), 2-6, 6-1.

Guam seeds itself tied for 2nd with Bahrain whom they will also face next. Match time is today, Feb.1, at 4pm Guam time. Guam then challenges Tajikistan on Feb. 2 for final placements on their pool. The countries who places in the top two seeds of Pool B will move on to compete against the top two countries of Pool A for a chance to promote their country to Group III.

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COMING SOON …

  • Brawl 3: Oct 13
  • Guam’s Strongest Man and Woman Competition October 29

 

QUICK HITS

The Figo Islanders 40s women’s softball team took gold in the Senior Softball World Championship in Las Vegas. Figo came out of the loser’s bracket and beat the Arizona Belles 17-3 in the AA division championship game Sunday afternoon.
Other Guam teams that played in the 40s tournament were: Team SOTTA (women’s) and Bud Light Guam, Friars 671 and Sindalun Guahan (men’s).
Sindalu finished a respectable 4th out of 24 AAA division teams.
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In Guam’s first time competing in the FIBA Asia Cup, we draw China, Japan, and Mongolia in Group C. Competition begins in 2024. Guam also moves up the FIBA world rankings to #76.

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