Davis Cup 2022: India to face Norway for the first time
Tennis | June 30, 2022 19:34 ISTDavis Cup 2022: India will face Norway for the first time in the prestigious event.
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.
Croatia will seek its third Davis Cup on Sunday against the winner of Saturday's other semifinal between Russia and Germany.
Medvedev defeated Mikael Ymer 6-4, 6-4 Thursday to give Russia an insurmountable 2-0 lead over Sweden in the quarterfinals of the revamped team event.
Germany came from behind to upset Britain in the Davis Cup quarterfinals after Kevin Krawietz and Tim Pütz won the decisive doubles match.
The 18-year-old Carlos Alcaraz will be attracting attention when Spain starts on Friday against Ecuador.
Both Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Ramkumar had lost their singles matches on Friday and to stay alive in the tie, the Indians needed to win the doubles.
Up against Otto Virtanen, ranked as low as 419 in the ATP ranking chart, the 165th ranked Prajnesh lost 3-6 6-7(1) in just one hour 25 minutes.
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