Captain Rohit Rajpal, Sumit Nagal, Dhakshineswar Suresh, Aryan Shah, Rithvik Bollipalli, Sriram Balaji, on the eve of India’s Davis Cup tennis tie towards Switzerland in Biel on Thursday.
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Dhakshineswar Suresh will carry the hopes of the Indian staff when he performs the primary singles match towards Jerome Kym within the Davis Cup World Group-1 tie in Biel, Switzerland, on Friday.
Having intently adopted the fortunes of the 25-year-old Dhakshineswar in current occasions, particularly when he certified for the ATP occasion in Winston-Salem, beating the previous world No.19 Alejandro Tabilo of Chile, captain Rohit Rajpal selected to play the fitting card by selling the participant from the reserve squad.
“Comfortable that Dhakshineswar performs first. He’s in good kind, and we hope to get an excellent begin. The primary day is at all times essential in Davis Cup,” stated Rohit after the draw ceremony.
Whereas the staff introduced in Dhakshineswar instead of Karan Singh, it was pressured to make one other change, because the US Open doubles semifinalist Yuki Bhambri was affected by a heel harm.
Rithvik Bollipalli, ranked 71, the third-best Indian doubles participant behind Yuki and Rohan Bopanna, walked into the squad to companion the seventy fifth ranked Sriram Balaji.
Each Jerome Kym and Marc-Andrea Huesler can play a lot superior to what their rating of 155 and 222 could recommend. Each have performed prime degree tennis and Huesler specifically was ranked a career-best 47 in 2023, when he certified and performed the fourth spherical of US Open.
India will financial institution on the return of its No. 1 Sumit Nagal, ranked 290. He was ranked a career-best 68 final 12 months, and would try to tug his weight for the staff after having stayed away for the final two ties.
The 25-year-old Dhakshineswar is ranked 626 primarily as a result of he has not performed many tournaments. His effectivity in indoor courtroom circumstances and his massive sport, particularly the monstrous serve, might assist him dictate the move of a match towards any opponent on his day.
India has a 2-1 win-loss file towards Switzerland. The final time the 2 groups met was in 1993, when Leander Paes and Ramesh Krishnan noticed the staff previous Marc Rosset and Jakob Hlasek 3-2 on the grass courts of the South Membership in Kolkata.
In reality, the Olympic champion Rosset received each his singles matches, and India swept the opposite three which included a five-set win over Rosset and Hlasek within the doubles by Ramesh and Leander.
Tennis has modified rather a lot over time, and it will likely be attention-grabbing to see how effectively Indian tennis competes towards the Swiss on their soil.
The draw:
September 12: Jerome Kym vs Dhakshineswar Suresh (5.30 p.m. IST); adopted by Marc-Andrea Huesler vs Sumit Nagal.
September 13: Jakub Paul & Dominic Stricker vs Sriram Balaji & Rithvik Bollipally (4.30 p.m. IST); adopted by Jerome Kym vs Sumit Nagal; adopted by Marc-Andrea Huesler vs Dhakshineswar Suresh.
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Printed – September 11, 2025 05:14 pm IST
