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Message: <blockquote data-quote="siyalladath" data-source="post: 6922921" data-attributes="member: 227945"><img src="http://media.nzherald.co.nz/webcontent/image/jpg/statham_220x14757939.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  Rubin Statham won the deciding match against Rajeev Rajapakse in  straight sets. Photo / Steven McNicholl                   New Zealand began the long trek back to top-level Asia-Oceania tennis  with a 3-2 Davis Cup group two win over Sri Lanka in Colombo this  weekend.   The New Zealanders won the opening singles matches, Rubin Statham  grinding out a gruelling five-set win over Harshana Godamanna and Daniel  King-Turner accounting for Rajeev Rajapakse in four.   However, Godamanna and Rajapakse had little difficulty in taking the  doubles over Davis Cup debutant Marcus Daniell and King-Turner, winning  7-6(5) 6-4 6-3.   Body cramps hit King-Turner after being on court for nearly five hours  in his reverse singles match against Godamanna, and he was forced to  retire at 0-3 down in the fifth set. King-Turner was hospitalised for  four hours, suffering from dehydration.   However, Statham had little difficulty in wrapping up the rubber with a  6-1 6-0 7-5 win over Rajapakse in two hours straight.   New Zealand now face Pakistan, who beat Hong Kong in the second round,  at a venue yet to be decided.Results  <a href="http://ads.apn.co.nz/accipiter/adclick/CID=fffffffcfffffffcfffffffc/aamsz=440X400/POS=POS2/acc_random=41922001277/pageid=56869660346/site=NZH/area=CAT.TENNIS.STY/keyword=tennis%20nz%20sri%20lanka%20davis%20cup%20sport%20zealand%20began%20long%20trek%20back%20top%20level%20asia%20oceania%20group%20two%20win%20colombo%20weekend%20zealanders%20won%20opening%20singles%20matches%20rubin%20statham%20grinding%20gruelling%20five%20set%20harshana%20godamanna%20daniel%20king%20turner%20accounting" target="_blank"><img src="http://apn-images.adbureau.net/apn/accipiter/images/AE1.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>  %3Cbody%20style%3D%22margin%3A0%22%3E%3Cdiv%20id%3D%22adDiv%22%3E%3Cdiv%20style%3D%22display%3Anone%3B%22%3EIXXXXXX%3C/div%3E%0D%0A%3Cdiv%20style%3D%22display%3Anone%3B%22%3ECCID%3A%2027452%3C/div%3E%0D%0A%3Cscript%20type%3D%22text/javascript%22%3E%0D%0Agoogle_ad_client%20%3D%20%22pub-5276995754775409%22%3B%0D%0Agoogle_ad_slot%20%3D%20%223345029855%22%3B%0D%0Agoogle_ad_width%20%3D%20300%3B%0D%0Agoogle_ad_height%20%3D%20250%3B%0D%0Agoogle_page_url%20%3D%20%27http%3A//www.nzherald.co.nz/tennis/news/article.cfm%3Fc_id%3D94%26objectid%3D10630636%27%3B%0D%0A%3C/script%3E%0D%0A%3Cscript%20type%3D%22text/javascript%22%0D%0Asrc%3D%22http%3A//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js%22%3E%0D%0A%3C/script%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3C/div%3E                    NZ 3 Sri Lanka 2Rubin Statham (NZ) beat Harshana Godamanna (SRI) 6-4  3-6 6-4 3-6 6-4, Dan King-Turner (NZ) beat Rajeev Rajapakse (SRI) 6-2  3-6 6-1 6-2, Godamanna and Rajapakse (SRI) beat King-Turner and Marcus  Daniell (NZ) 7-6(5) 6-4 6-3, Godamanna (SRI) beat King-Turner (NZ) 4-6  4-6 7-5 7-6(4) 3-0 (ret), Statham (NZ) beat Rajapakse (SRI ) 6-1 6-0  7-5.</blockquote>

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