Bermuda have been relegated back to the Davis Cup Americas Zone Group IV after going winless in their Group III ties in the Puerto Rico last week.

Competing in Group B against Puerto Rico, Haiti, and Costa Rica, the team consisting of David Thomas, Neal Towlson, Naim Azhar and Gavin Manders, lost all three ties, putting themselves in the relegation round-robin pool against Costa Rica and Aruba.

Previous results against nations in the two pools counted; meaning Bermuda's loss to Costa Rica in group play already had them 0-1 before their clash with Aruba.

In round-robin play, the squad went down 2-1 to Aruba with Manders winning his second match of the tournament.

Manders got Bermuda off to a good start, beating Clifford Giel 6-4, 6-2 to give the side a 1-0 lead in the best of three games.

Towlson then went down to Aruba's team captain Gian Hodgson 1-6, 2-6, setting up a third and decisive game to decide who went down and who lived to fight another day.

In the third match, it was Manders and Towlson who lost in straight sets 3-6, 3-6 to seal the Island's fate.

Costa Rica kept their status with the win over Bermuda, thus condemning the Island to life back in Group IV.

Needing a win over Haiti on Friday to avoid the relegation round-robin, Bermuda lost 3-0.

They were defeated in their opening tie to hosts Puerto Rico 3-0, before Manders made history by winning Bermuda's first match in Group III play with his 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 over Pablo Nunez.