Dhakshineswar relied on his large serves and an lively all-court sport to start his Davis Cup profession on the precise observe.
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Dhakshineswar Suresh performed as if in a dream to beat Jerome Kym 7-6(5), 6-3 and gave India a 1-0 begin within the Davis Cup World Group-1 tennis tie on the indoor laborious courts in Biel, Switzerland, on Friday (September 12, 2025).
Later, Sumit Nagal capitalised on the inspiring begin to beat Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-3, 7-6(4) within the second singles to assist the guests finish the primary day with a 2-0 lead.
The 25-year-old Dhakshineswar, making his Davis Cup debut regardless of his modest rank of 626, proved the religion positioned on him together with his large serves and energetic all-court sport.
The important thing to the competition was Dhakshineswar wriggling out of 0-40 within the fourth sport of the primary set, and once more saving breakpoints within the fifth and seventh video games of the second set.
In between, he dealt with the primary set tie-break with appreciable poise.
“It appears like a dream. It’s my debut for India in Davis Cup. I attempted to be calm and play my sport. There was stress, however I’m pleased to have dealt with it properly. It turned out to be good,” mentioned Dhakshineswar.
The towering Dhakshineswar who has been taking part in properly within the skilled circuit as a scholar of the Wake Forest College within the USA, was pleased to have recovered from the bunch of breakpoints to ship a powerful lead for India, in opposition to the Swiss No. 1, ranked 155 on the earth.
“As soon as I broke him. I assumed that that is it. I’ve my serve. Performed a reasonably good sport in the long run,” mentioned Dhakshineswar, who wound up the present with an ace down the center, and celebrated with a clenched fist.
The outcomes: India leads Switzerland 2-0 (Dhakshineswar Suresh bt Jerome Kym 7-6(5), 6-3; Sumit Nagal bt Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-3, 7-6(4)).
Printed – September 12, 2025 07:25 pm IST
