Rohan Bopanna played his first Davis Cup game in 2002 and brought curtains to a 21-year-long career with a win in his final match. Bopanna partnered with Yuki Bhambri to defeat Morocco's Elliot Benchetrit and Younes Laaroussi.
"There used to be fantastic team atmosphere, which has been kind of lost in the last couple of years and we need to bring that back," Bopanna said.
Davis Cup 2023: India have been relegated to the World Group II after they lost to Denmark in the playoff contest late on Saturday (February 4) evening
David Cup 2023: India's singles player Sumit Nagpal brought India back in frame for a place in the Davis Cup 2023 main draw after Yuki Bhambri had suffered a defeat earlier in the day
Davis Cup 2022: Canada won their first-ever David Cup title on Sunday (November 27) after beating Australia on the final day as the likes of Felix Auger Aliassime & Denis Shapovalov were the fulcrum of the win
A recipient of Arjuna Award, Naresh Kumar became the first tennis coach to receive Dronacharya Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000.
Davis Cup 2022: India will face Norway for the first time in the prestigious event.
Serbia and Spain will square off in the group stage of the Davis Cup Finals, organizers said after holding a draw.
India will be able to field its best players at both Davis Cup and the Asian Games as the ITF has preponed the team-tournament to avoid its clash with the regional showpiece in China, the national federation AITA said on Monday.
Australia came from behind to beat Hungary 3-2 in Sydney, as did Italy against Slovakia in Bratislava. France ticked all of their boxes in defeating Ecuador 4-0 in Pau
The tense win ensured that India will stay in World Group I for the 2022 season, while Denmark will now again go back to World Group II.
Taking full advantage of the Danish player's discomfort on the low bounce grass court, Ramkumar cruised to a 6-3 6-2 win over Christian Siggsgaard, ranked as low as 824, in the opening singles of the tie at Delhi Gymkhana Club.
India's best player Yuki Bhambri is back in the squad and that changes the dynamics for the three-day rubber. India terribly felt his absence when he was out of action in the last four years due to his knee injury.
About the tie, Rajpal reiterated that the grass-court would work to India's advantage and was especially pleased to have Yuki Bhambri back in the mix.
Denmark's top-ranked player Holger Rune had pulled out of the event last month and none of the other players are ranked inside the top 200 of the ATP world rankings.
India were handed a home tie after three years after the draw pitted them against Denmark for the World Group I tie.
India travelled to Finland (2021), Croatia (2020) and Kazakhstan (2019, Pakistan tie) for their last three ties.
Four cities will host the group stages beginning in 2022, with another venue — likely Abu Dhabi — hosting the knockout rounds
Medvedev capped his amazing year with a 7-6 (7), 6-2 win over Marin Cilic in the second singles match to give Russia an insurmountable 2-0 lead over Croatia.
Medvedev brushed aside Jan-Lennard Struff aside 6-4, 6-4 to seal the Russian victory on Saturday after Andrey Rublev won the opening singles over Dominik Koepfer 6-4, 6-0.
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