India have their hopes hung on the shoulders of Yuki and Ramkumar, who too created a splash by knocking down Gael Monfils and tennis' latest hot property Dominic Thiem.
After dominating the Asia/Oceania zone, India lost to tennis power-houses Serbia (2014), Czech Republic (2015) and Rafael Nadal-led Spain (2016) at the World Group Play-off stage.
Both Bhambri, who recently beat world number 22 Gael Monfils, and Saketh Myneni had missed the Uzbekistan tie due to their respective injuries.
Davis Cup captain Mahesh Bhupathi should have shown "respect" to Leander Paes by clearly telling him that he was not going to be a part of the playing squad before his arrival for the tie against Uzbekistan, the AITA said today.
Mahesh Bhupathi on Sunday said he had no "personal agenda" in keeping Leander Paes out of the Indian Davis Cup team and said his former partner's decision to leave Bangalore mid-way into the tie was a final nail in the coffin.
The Indians scripted an easy 6-2, 6-4, 6-1 win in around 80 minutes.
India’s non-playing captain Mahesh Bhupathi on Tuesday selected four singles players in the squad for the Davis Cup tie against Uzbekistan, dropping veteran Leander Paes and his doubles partner Rohan Bopanna to the reserves.
India today took an unassailable 3—1 lead over New Zealand after Ramukumar Ramanathan routed Finn Tearney.
Indian tennis legend Mahesh Bhupathi was today named the new non-playing captain of the Davis Cup team. Bhupathi will take over the reins from Anand Amritraj, an official said. The tie against New Zealand will
Pakistan today said that after a gap of 12 years, it has received the green light to host its first Davis Cup tennis tie at home.
Indian tennis star Leander Paes today said that the controversies that keep finding his way are nothing more than false propaganda initiated by a few of his highly jealous competitors.
Indian tennis pair Leander Paes and Saketh Myneni had a disappointing run on Saturday when they lost a Davis Cup match Rafael Nadal and Marc Lopez.
Representing India, Tennis players Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni lost their respective singles matches on the opening day of their Davis Cup World Group Play-off against Spain at the R.K. Khanna Tennis Stadium on Friday,
Ghent, Belgium (AP): Andy Murray gave Britain its first Davis Cup title in 79 years when he beat Belgium's David Goffin 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 in the first of reverse singles Sunday.The win gave Britain an
Santiago: The fifth-set tiebreaker will be adopted in the men's team event Davis Cup in 2016, the International Tennis Federation said.The measure, approved on Friday at the International Tennis Federation general assembly in Santiago, is
Santiago: The Indian tennis team will play its next Davis Cup tie in July 2016 after they were handed a first round bye in the Group 1 Asia/Oceania draw.Being the top seeds in the group,
New Delhi: India's non-playing captain Anand Amritraj today said that the doubles team's “shock” defeat on day two resulted in the hosts ultimately losing the Davis Cup World Group Play-off tie against Czech Republic.Yuki Bhambri
New Delhi: A profligate Yuki Bhambri missed chances galore in a tame defeat against world number 40 Jiri Vesley as India lost the Davis Cup World Group Play-off tie against top seeds Czech Republic 1-3
New Delhi: It was Paes' only second defeat in a Davis Cup doubles in the last 15 years. The last defeat had also come with Bopanna against Uzbekistan in an away tie in 2012.Leander Paes,
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