Ramkumar Ramanathan misplaced to son of the legendary Bjorn Borg 3-6 3-6.© X (Twitter)
N Sriram Balaji was simply tamed by Elias Ymer whereas Ramkumar Ramanathan lacked the killer intuition even towards a lower-ranked Leo Borg as India have been left trailing 0-2 towards Sweden within the Davis Cup World Group I tie, on Saturday. Balaji, who’s a doubles specialist, discovered the going robust towards Ymer, who raced to a 6-4 6-2 win within the opening singles. Ramkumar, who’s a seasoned Davis Cupper now, was anticipated to deliver India again into the tie however he misplaced to 603-ranked Borg, son of the legendary Bjorn Borg 3-6 3-6, within the second singles on the Royal Tennis Corridor.
India have been pressured to subject Balaji in singles because the nation’s high singles participant Sumit Nagal opted out of the tie on account of a again harm. Whereas Balaji did the job towards Pakistan, enjoying somebody of the calibre of Ymer was all the time going to be a tricky activity.
The onus to win a degree for India on the opening day was on Ramkumar. He ought to have gained his singles match towards the 21-year-old Borg however he didn’t appear to have a technique to go previous the Swede.
Ramkumar’s problem fell aside in simply 58 minutes.
India now must win all of the remaining three matches on Sunday if the group has to make it to subsequent yr’s Qualifiers.
It stays to be seen if captain Rohit Rajpal goes with Balaji and Ramkumar within the do-or-die doubles, or adjustments the mix.
Most probably, Balaji and Niki Poonacha will take the courtroom.
Twice in Davis Cup historical past, India have managed to win a tie after being down 0-2. In 2010, India beat Brazil, and in 2018, it gained towards China after trailing 0-2.
Ramkumar couldn’t cost to the web within the opening set as was the plan however did comparatively higher within the second set. Bjorg served nicely, made fewer unforced errors and located some good passing winners when Ramkumar approached the web.
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