NMI tennis promoted to Group IV after strong 2025 Davis Cup campaign

The NMI’s 2025 Davis Cup team made up of Colin Sinclair, Robbie Schorr, Colin Ramsey, and Anthony Gregoire lifted NMI to the next level in the Davis Cup with a promotion to Group IV after a strong campaign from last Wednesday to Sunday in Isa Town, Bahrain.

The team closed out the promotional playoff finals with a win over Maldives and was one of two teams out of 14 that secured a promotion from this year’s Asia/Oceania Group V tournament.

NMI’s No. 1 Sinclair powered through his match against Maldives’ No.1 with a 6-1, 6-1 win, just before Ramsey and Gregoire completed the 3-0 win, 6-2, 7-6. Schorr started off the team’s momentum giving them a 1-0 lead, 6-0, 6-1, against Maldives’ no. 2 player.

The team started off the tournament strong with a sweep of Yemen with Schorr winning the opening act with a 1-0 lead, winning 6-0, 6-2. Sinclair followed up with the same 6-0, 6-1 score. Ramsey and Gregoire then made it a 3-0 sweep, winning the doubles 6-2, 6-1.

On Friday, they went up against Laos and won, 2-1. Schorr took the first win, 6-2, 4-6, 6-0; and Sinclair bagged the second point with a 6-1, 6-0 win.

The other team that secured a promotion was Turkmenistan after they beat Guam, 3-0.

In an interview with the captain Jeff Race, he said, the NMI Davis Cup team’s success was “a total team effort,” anchored by Sinclair, who at the Group V level is “like Superman…unbeatable” and the team’s most certain point. Even with that, Race said results often hinge on the No. 2 spot, and Schorr “fills those big shoes,” calling him “one of the most creative and talented guys on the court” who is “never intimidated” and “never ceases to amaze.”

He then praised Ramsey for becoming “a totally different player” since competing in the Mini Games in 2022, noting his strong doubles impact with a “5–1 record” and his continued growth in his return to college and playing tennis for Tennessee Southern University.

Race added that selecting 19-year-old Gregoire as the No. 4 was a “super tough choice” because Tomas Abel played well for NMI last year, but he said Gregoire has “a bright future” and choosing him now ensured NMI didn’t lose him to Guam.

He also highlighted the behind-the-scenes support, describing manager Karen Buettner as essential for “problem-solving with logistics,” and calling Peter Sinclair, Colin’s dad who joined the team in Bahrain, “the most positive person” he knows, whose training routine has helped shape Colin into a “hard-working” athlete who trains for hours even on match days.

Reflecting on his own role, Race said, “I guess my role is to bring my tennis experience to the whole process. I taught all four of these guys when they were just little kids too and somehow that translates into them wanting to play their best not only for the team but also for me personally. It’s kind of a responsibility for me to be the guy in that sense but I love every one of these guys like family and you can totally feel that vibe when we’re together so I guess it’s kind of like I’m the hub and they’re the spokes of a wheel, if that makes any sense.”

On NMI’s promotion to the next group, Race said, “Now we’ll be in Group IV. I think we have a good chance to do well there. That’s a level where Colin Sinclair can continue to expect to give us the win and Robbie at the #2 spot as well. It’ll be tougher. If we split the singles we can pair up Robbie and Colin Sinclair for doubles too. They make a great team. Robbie is probably an even better doubles than singles player because he’s got such fantastic net skills.”