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On Friday, Dennerby, along with the rest of India, will watch its junior women’s team compete against quality opposition for the first time.

With Usain Bolt having hung his spikes, Yohan Blake trains his eyes on gold at 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

After Ramkumar Ramanathan and Sumit Nagal gave the Indians a 2-0 lead against Pakistan, debutant Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan paired with Leander Paes, secured the tie with a doubles win on Saturday.

The apparent gap in experience and class between the Indian outfit competing against Pakistan in the Group 1 tie in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan has manifested in the way world no 176 Ramkumar Ramanathan and world no 131 Sumit Nagal stormed past their unranked 17-year-old opponents.

When the International Tennis Federation declared that the tie would be shifted out of Islamabad, Pakistan’s two stalwarts Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and Aqeel Khan decided to boycott the tie in protest.

The upbeat mood is certainly keeping the team warm in the sub-zero conditions, as the Indians prepare for their Group 1 Asia/Oceania Davis Cup tie against Pakistan this week.

The tie being moved to a neutral venue accentuates the gulf in class between the two teams. India’s star players had previously made it clear that they will be unavailable for the tie should it be held in Pakistan.

Qureshi goes further to express his disappointment in his former doubles partner Rohan Bopanna, with whom he had promoted the ‘Stop war start tennis’ campaign.

The tie had initially been scheduled for September in Islamabad, but due to security concerns, the Indian federation wrote to the ITF asking for the tie to be either shifted to a neutral venue or be delayed by two months.

The India-Pakistan tie had initially been scheduled for September in Islamabad but after AITA wrote to ITF asking for the tie to be shifted to a neutral venue, the tie was rescheduled for November 29-30.

Duckworth’s celebration may have been akin to those of tennis’ top stars when they conquer another big title. But for the Australian, a journeyman on the tour, any and all wins make a big difference.

Taking a set off Roger Federer at US Open might have been the highlight of Sumit Nagal’s year. But what defines 2019 for the young Indian tennis talent is the new-found maturity and poise in his game, as he remains grateful for staying injury-free and forging ahead with his furious forehand, finds The Indian Express

AITA’s selection committee met Thursday and have picked a list of eight players for the two-day event scheduled on November 29-30.

At the moment, AITA is awaiting the result of PTF’s appeal, and will select the team accordingly.

The undercurrent of India’s upcoming Davis Cup tie against Pakistan and the customary drama that comes with it doesn't stay unnoticed or unspoken.

Following ITF's decision to shift the tie to a neutral venue instead of Islamabad, the national federation will now use the larger field of players to select the five-man squad for November 29-30.

Before the tie had been declared shifted to a neutral venue, Bhupathi, along with Bopanna, Ramkumar Ramanathan and Sumit Nagal had declared themselves unavailable for the tie in Pakistan due to security reasons.

Pakistan doubles legend Qureshi slams ITF for moving the Davis Cup tie vs India to a neutral venue.

The problem, in Yuvraj's views, stems from the way the selectors have been handling the team, and the only way to change it is to appoint a new selection panel with an updated look on the game.