India have been on Wednesday handed an enormous benefit forward of their Davis Cup World Group I play-off tie towards Denmark right here subsequent week after the visiting facet’s top-ranked participant Holger Rune pulled out of the two-day rubber.
The March 4-5 tie will likely be performed on the quick grass courts of the Delhi Gymkhana Club (DGC) right here inside a strict bio-secure bubble.
World no 90 Rune, the winner of the 2019 French Open boys’ singles title, was anticipated to spearhead the Danish problem towards India however in his absence, seasoned doubles participant Frederik Nielsen will take the duty. Nielsen has achieved a career-high rating of 17 in doubles.
“Denmark crew remains to be greater than able to doing properly, regardless of its high participant lacking out on the motion. We have to concentrate on our strengths and that will likely be our technique going ahead,” India’s non-playing captain Rohit Rajpal mentioned in a launch.
Coach Zeeshan Ali, too, echoed related views.
“We will stick to our plan and basics and will not underestimate the Danes in any manner, whatsoever. I am sure Denmark will still prove to be tough competitors on court.”
Except for Rune, no different participant from Denmark is ranked contained in the Top-200 of the ATP world rankings.
The presence of the ITF Junior champion (2019), Rune, would have spiced up the proceedings on the DGC, with some thrilling contest anticipated between him and India’s singles gamers Prajnesh Gunneswaran, Ramkumar Ramanathan and Yuki Bhambri.
Rune additionally holds the excellence of being the second youngest male participant after Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz to have featured within the Top-100.
Squads:
India: Prajnesh Gunneswaran, Yuki Bhambri, Rohan Bopanna, Ramkumar Ramanathan, Divij Sharan.
Reserves: Saketh Myneni and Digvijay Pratap Singh.
Denmark: Mikael Torpegaard (ranked 210), Johannes Ingildsen (ranked 805), Christian Sigsgaard (ranked 833), Elmer Moller (ranked 1708), Frederik Lochte Nielsen (captain).
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
