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Introduction
In all of the men’s tennis events of the present times the Davis cup is considered as one of the premier team tournaments. The establishment of the Davis Cup was mainly accomplished as challenge in between the British and the Americans. Thus the tournament came into existence for the first time in the year 1900. In those times the event was initially known as the International Lawn Tennis Challenge. The Davis Cup completed its 81st edition in the year 1992. The total number of the participants in the tournament in that year increased to 92 showing the increased popularity of the sport. As a result the tournament needed to be expanded to three groups in each zones. The final round of the tournament was held at the Tarrant County Center in Ft. Worth in Texas, United States. Malta at the 1992 Davis Cup was contesting in the tournament from the Europe Africa zone.
Performance of Malta at the 1992 Davis Cup
Malta at the 1992 Davis Cup was grouped in the Group 2 of the Europe Africa zone at the tournament. Malta who started its Davis Cup campaign in the year 1986 made an active participation in the tournament in that year. The first match of Malta in the zonal competition was scheduled against Bulgaria. Bulgaria was a tough competent for this newly entered Maltan team. Even though Malta tried its best to perform against Bulgaria their efforts ended in vain as Bulgaria proved to be much stronger. In the end Malta was defeated by their opponent in all of the five matches and had to quit the tournament in that stage.
Here's a summary of the performance of Malta at the 1992 Davis Cup
The over all performance of Malta at the 1992 Davis Cup was very poor. The nation had no scope to perform as their opponents in the zonal rounds defeated them in all of the matches and thus ended their existence in the tournament.0020
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