Puerto Rico at the 2001 Federation Cup

Puerto Rico at the 2001 Federation Cup played their ties from the Group II of the American zone and the team was playing in their tenth Federation Cup competition. The Puerto Rico team had made its debut in the 1992 competition and the team was hoping to make it big in the 2001 competition. The team’s best performance had so far not taken place and had to work hard to rise above their group in the competition.

The performance of Puerto Rico at the 2001 Federation Cup began on the 15th May and went on till the 19th May and the ties of the team were contested in Antigua on the outdoor hard surface. The Puerto Rico team had to play four Round Robin ties and the first tie was contested against the team of Bolivia in which the Puerto Rico team clinched victory by a score of 3-0 and thus the team’s start was a good one in the competition. The second tie of the team was played against the team of Jamaica and the Jamaican team could do nothing against the Puerto Rican team except yielding to them completely, the Puerto Rican team won their second round as well by the score of 3-0 again. The team then entered in the third round against Cuba and the Cuban team tried to put a spanner in the performance of the Puerto Rican team but their struggle ended in the victory of the rival team by a score of 2-1. The Puerto Rican team thus registered their hat trick in the competition and then took on the team of the Bahamas in the fourth tie. The Bahamas team also had to bow down before the Puerto Rican team and the round went in favor of the Puerto Rica team by a score of 2-0.

The performance of Puerto Rico at the 2001 Federation Cup was very extraordinary; the team not only registered a complete victory in all their ties but also was qualified for a promotion in the Group I of their zone for the 2002 competition.