Sweden sweeps to a 4-0 victory without dropping a set

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Sweden was ruthless because it raced to a 4-0 victory over India, with out dropping a set within the Davis Cup World Group-1 tie on indoor onerous courts of the Royal Tennis Corridor in Stockholm on Sunday.

After failing to make an affect within the first two singles on the opening day, Sriram Balaji and Ramkumar Ramanathan had been unable to wield their customary craft in doubles as nicely and had been overwhelmed 6-3, 6-4 by Andre Goransson and Filip Bergevi.

The tie was misplaced within the three rubbers itself, however the fourth rubber was performed as a part of the routine in Davis Cup, primarily for the followers of the house workforce.

Within the occasion, the reigning nationwide champion Siddharth Vishwakarma was fielded for the useless rubber, and the Swedish No. 1, the 238th-ranked Elias Ymer proved too robust in racing to a 6-2, 6-2 victory in round 50 minutes.

It was far an excessive amount of to anticipate the 29-year-old left-hander, Vishwakarma, ranked 588th to make an affect on a participant, an everyday within the Challenger circuit, who was ranked a career-best 105.

Within the absence of the nation’s No. 1 participant, the 73rd-ranked Sumit Nagal, who opted to skip the tie to nurse a again pressure, it was onerous for the workforce to match wits in opposition to Sweden in its dwelling territory. India will play the World Group play-off, whereas Sweden will compete within the Qualifiers.

Traditionally, India had a mountain to climb, as Sweden had received all of the earlier 5 ties between the 2 international locations. Actually, India had managed to win solely two rubbers in all, one that includes Vijay Amritraj, and the opposite, the world beating doubles mixture of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi. Sarcastically, when Sweden had seemed susceptible and beatable, India was unable to place collectively a powerful workforce to capitalise on the state of affairs.

The outcomes:

Sweden bt India 4-0 (Andre Goransson & Filip Bergevi bt Sriram Balaji & Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-3, 6-4;

Elias Ymer bt Siddharth Vishwakarma 6-2, 6-2).