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The Federation Cup has produced the tennis heroines like Margaret Smith, Lesley Turner, Billie Jean King and Darlene Hard, Margaret Smith and Lesley Turner. They turned out as the gracious Grand Slam favorites. Bahamas has remained the Federation Cup player since 1990, which has not played since 2003. Bahamas has lost its initial 16 Fed Cup ties. Bahamas at the 2001 Federation Cup won promotion in the Group I American Zone, next year.
Performance of Bahamas at the 2001 Federation Cup
Bahamas at the 2001 Federation Cup made its appearance in Group II, American Zone. Its play marked mixed results. Bahamas made a good start in the initial pool round robins. They won both the matches opposite Trinidad & Tobago with decisive margins. In the following event of the first group round too it beat Costa Ricans by 2-1 and entered the final group event. In the final however, Puerto Rico dislodged Bahamas by 0-2.
Here’s a summary of the performance of Bahamas at the 2001 Federation Cup
Bahamas at the 2001 Federation Cup got elevation in the Group II, American Zone. Bahamas performance was up in the Group-II pool events. Bahamas won both the pool round robins opposite Trinidad & Tobago and Chile by 3-0 and 2-1, respective score. Then it was schedule for the first round play in the group opposite Costa Rica. Bahamas came up winning the match by 2-1 and were set opposite Puerto Rico for the group finals. In this events Bahamas could not raise its performance level up and lost to Puerto Rico by 0-2.
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