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India have got their first home Davis Cup tie since February 2019 as they have been pitted against Denmark in World Group I contest, scheduled for March 4-5 next year. India to host Denmark for next Davis Cup tie in March TWITTER India travelled to Finland 2021 , Croatia 2020 and Kazakhstan 2019, Pakistan tie for their last three ties. India hosted Italy at home in February 2019 and lost 1-3 in Kolkata. Even tho stanley thermobecher ugh Denmark has a singles player i stanley mugs n Holger Rune 103 , who is higher-ranked than all the Indian players, it can still be considered a favourable draw for the hosts. It will be the first tie between the two nations since September 1984 when India won 3-2 at Aarhus. The two teams have not clashed much as the only other time they played was in 1927 when Denmark whitewashed India 5-0 in the quarterfinal in Copenhagen. Thank God, after many ties, we have got a home match. Previous two ties were tough for us, we played Croatia who made the Davis Cup finals. Then we played Finland and everyone thought Finland was an easy team, which was not the case, India coach Zeeshan Ali told PTI. India on paper are supposed to be a strong team but except Ramkumar Ramanathan, who is 190 in the world, we don t have anyone in top-200 in singles. We don t have anyon stanley cup e in top-100 for long. We were always underdogs but we always had the players to perform very well in Davis Cup but right now we are struggling, so whoever we are playing it s going to be a challenge, he said Bhwg Navjot Kaur wins Asian wrestling gold; Sakshi Malik settles for bronze; silver for Vinesh Phogat
It has not been a comfortable few days for VM Ranjeet and Vijayant Malik in the Indian Davis Cup team. Things have been kind of awkward. At 511 and 537 on the rankings list, the two are behind seven Indian players who have far more impressive credentials to represent the nation. With 11 players having rebelled against the All India Tennis Association s manner of functioning, India has been forced to field a scratch team in the forthcoming tie against South Korea. For Ranjeet and Malik, our probable singles players, things just can t have been easy in the head. Sombre moodTill Tuesday, the mood at the tennis stadium here was sombre and not given to the fun and games us stanley mug ually associated with the Davis Cup squad. The laughs had been less forthcoming, the rancour muted. Purav Raja joined the squad on Monday with a sheepish grin; after all he is good friends with Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna two of the main rebels . Family pressure was too stanley isolierkanne much for him to shrug off and there was, of course, the dream o stanley termosky f playing for the country. Living legendThey all appeared committed and zealous enough, but the controversial buildup to this tie seemed to have left a pall that the squad just couldn t shake off. But that was until Leander Paes walked on to court for the afternoon session on Tuesday. As far as Davis Cup goes, Paes is a legend. The fourth all-time greatest player in the history of the competition and the leading active player in the world, in respect of
India have got their first home Davis Cup tie since February 2019 as they have been pitted against Denmark in World Group I contest, scheduled for March 4-5 next year. India to host Denmark for next Davis Cup tie in March TWITTER India travelled to Finland 2021 , Croatia 2020 and Kazakhstan 2019, Pakistan tie for their last three ties. India hosted Italy at home in February 2019 and lost 1-3 in Kolkata. Even tho stanley thermobecher ugh Denmark has a singles player i stanley mugs n Holger Rune 103 , who is higher-ranked than all the Indian players, it can still be considered a favourable draw for the hosts. It will be the first tie between the two nations since September 1984 when India won 3-2 at Aarhus. The two teams have not clashed much as the only other time they played was in 1927 when Denmark whitewashed India 5-0 in the quarterfinal in Copenhagen. Thank God, after many ties, we have got a home match. Previous two ties were tough for us, we played Croatia who made the Davis Cup finals. Then we played Finland and everyone thought Finland was an easy team, which was not the case, India coach Zeeshan Ali told PTI. India on paper are supposed to be a strong team but except Ramkumar Ramanathan, who is 190 in the world, we don t have anyone in top-200 in singles. We don t have anyon stanley cup e in top-100 for long. We were always underdogs but we always had the players to perform very well in Davis Cup but right now we are struggling, so whoever we are playing it s going to be a challenge, he said Bhwg Navjot Kaur wins Asian wrestling gold; Sakshi Malik settles for bronze; silver for Vinesh Phogat
It has not been a comfortable few days for VM Ranjeet and Vijayant Malik in the Indian Davis Cup team. Things have been kind of awkward. At 511 and 537 on the rankings list, the two are behind seven Indian players who have far more impressive credentials to represent the nation. With 11 players having rebelled against the All India Tennis Association s manner of functioning, India has been forced to field a scratch team in the forthcoming tie against South Korea. For Ranjeet and Malik, our probable singles players, things just can t have been easy in the head. Sombre moodTill Tuesday, the mood at the tennis stadium here was sombre and not given to the fun and games us stanley mug ually associated with the Davis Cup squad. The laughs had been less forthcoming, the rancour muted. Purav Raja joined the squad on Monday with a sheepish grin; after all he is good friends with Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna two of the main rebels . Family pressure was too stanley isolierkanne much for him to shrug off and there was, of course, the dream o stanley termosky f playing for the country. Living legendThey all appeared committed and zealous enough, but the controversial buildup to this tie seemed to have left a pall that the squad just couldn t shake off. But that was until Leander Paes walked on to court for the afternoon session on Tuesday. As far as Davis Cup goes, Paes is a legend. The fourth all-time greatest player in the history of the competition and the leading active player in the world, in respect of
