The 2XU New Zealand Davis Cup team has been controversially awarded a victory against Pakistan in its Asia/Oceania Group II second round contest at the neutral venue, Pun Hlaing Golf and Country Club in Yangon, Myanmar (formerly Burma).
During the second match on day one the ITF referee Asitha Attygalla
from Sri Lanka called the contest off and gave the result to New Zealand as a result of the court being unplayable.
There was a hole by the baseline which New Zealand team captain, Alistair Hunt said was "about an inch deep and half a foot wide". However there had been other issues with the grass courts and difficult bounces as well as unreliable footing throughout the week.
For Hunt and the team the situation is unusual and quite a challenge in the fact they have won a Davis Cup tie 4-1, but have played only one full match.
"The courts have been a disaster from the start," said Hunt "We've changed each grass court and then there was some word we might change to hard court which the ITF said no to. The referee has made a brave decision. Obviously all the guys wanted to play and you don't want to win this way."
