Bahamas at the 2002 Federation Cup

The Federation Cup came into international cognizance from 1963 onwards. It has served as an equivalent tournament as that of men’s Davis Cup. The participating countries played in the qualifying stage against themselves, resulting from which the entrants to the World group stage were decided. The 2002 championship was the 40th edition of the Federation Cup. Bahamas started its international tennis career in 1990. A total of 83 nations participated in the tournament. Bahamas at the 2002 Federation Cup was one of the average teams.

Bahamas at the 2002 Federation Cup was placed in the Group I of the American zone. In the first round robin match against Mexico, Bahamas lost the contest by a close margin of 1-2. Next, Bahamas again was the looser to Canada in the second round robin match by score of 0-3. The third qualifier however resulted in the Bahamas winning over Puerto Rico by 2-1 scoreline. Thus such a hazy and inconsistent performance led to the departure of Bahamas from the 2002 Federation Cup.

Bahamas at the 2002 Federation Cup was placed in the Group I of the American zone with other nations like Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Uruguay and Venezuela. Bahamas lost two of its matches against Mexico and Canada by a considerable margin. The only match won was against Puerto Rico by a score 2-1. The overall performance of Bahamas was unimpressive and fluidic. They failed to get hold of the reins of the match at crucial juncture. Thus Bahamas was ousted from the 2002 Federation Cup owing to loose performance and unplanned approach towards seasoned teams in the international stage.