India vs Denmark LIVE, Davis Cup Day 2: Team India defeated Denmark in their Davis Cup 2022 World Group I playoff in Delhi. Veteran Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan came from behind to hand to hand the victory to India and a 3-0 lead. Later in the day, Ramkumar Ramanathan defeated Johannes Ingildsen to seal the tie 4-0 for India. Follow Insidesport.in for all Davis Cup 2022 LIVE Updates.
Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan wrapped up the five-match series with a 6(3)-7(7), 6-4, 7(7)-6(4) victory over Danish captain Frederik Nielsen and his partner Mikael Torpegaard as India gained an unassailable lead of 3-0 over Danish team. India headed to the second day after Ramkumar Ramanathan and Yuki Bhambri won their respective singles matches on Friday.
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The doubles victory on Saturday means India won the five-match series with an unassailable 3-0 lead and sealed their spot in the Davis Cup 2022 World Group I stage.
Later in the day, Ramkumar Ramanathan came back on court in the dead rubber fourth match to play Johannes Ingildsen. Ramanathan rallied to defeat Danish player 5-7, 7-5, 10-7 to take the tie to a 4-0 scoreline in favour of the hosts.
The two-day rubber on the fast grass courts of DGC was the first tie between India and Denmark since September 1984 when the visitors won 3-2 at Aarhus. The only other time both sides faced each other was in 1927 when Denmark blanked India 5-0 in the quarterfinals in Copenhagen.
India have made it to the Davis Cup final thrice – 1966, 1974 and 1987 – but could never won the ‘World Cup of Tennis’ as the premier international team event is popularly described by the International Tennis Federation (ITF).
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Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan saved three match points in an edge-of-the-seat thriller to prevail against a fighting Danish pair of Frederik Nielsen and Mikael Torpegaard as India kept its place in the Davis Cup World Group I by taking an unassailable 3-0 lead in the Play-off tie, on Saturday.
Sharan, playing his first Davis Cup tie since February 2019, and Bopanna came from behind to win 6-7 (4) 6-4 7-6 (4) in one hour and 58 minutes. The tense win ensured that India will stay in World Group I for the 2022 season while Denmark will now again go back to World Group II.
Serving to stay in the match in the 12th game of the decider, Sharan faced three match points but the Indian team held nerves to save all, two of them on second serves, to force a final tie-breaker, in which they raced to a 4-1 lead and sealed the win when Torpegaard could not make a return on Bopanna’s serve.
This is India’s first win since they beat Pakistan 4-0 in November 2019 when Rohit Rajpal took over as non-playing captain. After that India lost to Finland (1-3) and Croatia (1-3) in away ties. The reverse singles have been rendered inconsequential now.
Bopanna’s big serve was at work since the beginning as he started off with three consecutive aces for an easy hold. Torpeggard and Nielsen too were sharp and solid even as Sharan’s serve was put under pressure. In both the third and seventh games that Sharan served, he was down 15-30 but somehow managed to hold.
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Nielsen’s smooth-actioned serves and precise placings combined with Torpegaard’s firepower made it a tough contest for the home pair. Nielsen did not lose a single point on his serve in the entire opening set and that made a huge difference.
There was no break of serve in the opening set and a tie-breaker was required. Bopanna lost the first point on his serve and the Danish team opened up a huge 5-1 lead from where Torpegaard found a volley winner on Sharan’s return to earn five set points.
Bopanna managed to save two with his booming serves but Torpeggard fired a body serve on Bopanna to seal the opening set. Ironically, it was Nielsen who blinked in the second set, dropping his serve in the opening game. At 15-30, he could not return one shot from Bopanna to be down by two break chances. He saved the first but double-faulted on the second to hand the Indians an advantage.
That break stayed with the Indians and Sharan served out the set in the 10th to force a decider. The Indian team had three break chances against Torpegaard in the fifth game but fluffed all. The Danish team showed nerves of steel to hold that crucial game after going down 0-40. Credit to Torpegaard to pull off those big serves under pressure.
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Bopanna came out to serve to stay in the match in the 10th game and was under pressure when Torpegaard found a backhand winner to make it 30-all but the Indian held to stay afloat after one deuce point.
Edge of the seat action followed in the 12th game when the Indian team, saved three match points and sealed the match in tie-breaker.
Nielsen double faulted at 1-2 and then made a backhand overhead volley error to give India a handsome 4-1 lead which proved enough for India to seal the win.
India vs Denmark Davis Cup Day 2 matches (start at 10 AM IST):
- Rohan Bopanna/Divij Sharan vs Johannes Ingildsen/Frederik Nielsen
- Ramkumar Ramanathan vs Mikael Torpegaard
- Yuki Bhambri vs Christian Sigsgaard.
Rohan Bopanna will mark his 20th year in Davis Cup when he pairs up with Divij Sharan for Saturday’s doubles match against Johannes Ingildsen, Frederik Nielsen. While Yuki Bhambri and Ramkumar Ramanathan will also be in action, the doubles will be the deciding tie, and Bopanna would hope to put the tie to bed first thing on Saturday, making the final two games a dead rubber for his teammates.
Bopanna and Ramkumar were expected to be partnered together, but the veteran chose left-handed Divij Sharan instead, with the team and non-playing captain Rohit Rajpal suggesting that it was to avoid India’s highest-ranked played from playing three high-pressure matches. If they win, India will keep their place in the World Group I and the reverse singles will be rendered inconsequential.
Yuki Bhambri returned to Davis Cup action with a commanding win while Ramkumar Ramanathan did not even need his ‘A game’ to emerge victorious as India grabbed a 2-0 lead in the World Group I Play-off tie against Denmark
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Taking full advantage of the Danish player’s discomfort on the low bounce grass court, Ramkumar cruised to a 6-3 6-2 win over Christian Siggsgaard, ranked as low as 824, in the opening singles of the tie at Delhi Gymkhana Club.
Yuki, playing Davis Cup for the first time since 2017, doubled India’s lead with a 6-4 6-4 win in the second singles against Mikael Torpegaard, who, though served and stroked confidently to keep the Indian camp on edge.
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When will Davis Cup 2022: India vs Denmark tie? Date
Davis Cup 2022: India vs Denmark tie will start on March 4th
When will Davis Cup 2022: India vs Denmark tie Start? – Date
Davis Cup 2022: India vs Denmark tie Start on March 4th at 12:00 PM
What Time Davis Cup 2022: India vs Denmark tie Will begin? Time
Davis Cup 2022: India vs Denmark tie likely to begin at 12:00 PM IST
The Davis Cup matches are scheduled to start from Friday, 4th March, with a 15-minute opening ceremony, followed by the final day of the Indian Leg on Saturday, 5th March.
What are the venues for Davis Cup 2022: India vs Denmark tie? – Venue
Davis Cup 2022: India vs Denmark tie will be played in Delhi’s Gymkhana Club, India.
Where can you watch the Davis Cup matches?
Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) has acquired the exclusive media rights to broadcast Davis Cup Tie between India & Denmark on 4th & 5th March 2022.
India’s squad for Davis Cup: Prajnesh Gunneswaran, Yuki Bhambri, Rohan Bopanna, Ramkumar Ramanathan, Divij Sharan. Reserves: Saketh Myneni and Digvijay Pratap Singh.
Non-playing captain: Rohit Rajpal
Denmark’s squad for Davis Cup: Mikael Torpegaard (ranked 210), Johannes Ingildsen (ranked 805), Christian Sigsgaard (ranked 833), Elmer Moller (ranked 1708), Frederik Lochte Nielsen (captain).
Coaches: Martin Killemose Linnet and Jacob Holst, Physio: Kim Lykke, Chief of Sports: Jens Anker Andersen, Press Officer: Thomas Hansen, and Vice President: Henrik Maris.
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