Davis Cup LIVE: India vs Finland Day 1 - Prajnesh loses, Ramkumar takes stage - Updates, Scores, Result, Blog

Tight beginning to the second tie!

It is early in the match and already break points have arrived as both parties - Emil Ruusuvuori and Ramkumar Ramanathan give stiff competition to each other.

The scoreboard reads 2-1 with the Finnish player in the lead.

Ramkumar will serve now!

Quite the tricky match ahead!

Followed by 🇫🇮 Ruusuvuori - Ramanathan 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/UZbAaXE4Y5

— Suomen Tennisliitto (@tennisfi) September 16, 2021

Up next, it will be Finnish star Emil Ruusuvuori in action against India's Ramkumar Ramanathan

With Prajnesh failing to get India on the board despite a hearty fight in the second set, the pressure is tremendous on Ramkumar Ramanathan as he takes on the World No. 74 Emil Ruusuvuori in the next rubber for India vs Finland.

Definitely not the start India wanted here

INDIA 0 - FINLAND 1

PRAJNESH GUNNESWARAN LOSES TO YOUNG PRODIGY OTTO VIRTANEN 36 67 pic.twitter.com/vZAZLs6mYW

— Indian Tennis Daily (@IndTennisDaily) September 17, 2021

Prajnesh Gunneswaran LOSES

Prajnesh Gunneswaran crumbles under pressure to lose the tiebreaker 1-7, and the match along with it!

FINAL SCORE: 3-6, 6-7

MATCH POINT FOR Virtanen

Virtanen leads 6-1 in the tiebreaker, and he has 5 MATCH POINTS!

Virtanen leads 3-0 in tiebreaker

Virtanen races to a 3-0 lead in the set tiebreaker. Pressure firmly on Prajnesh to deliver.

Nooo!

Prajnesh fails to hold on as Virtanen makes it 6-6 in the second set. NEITHER WILLING TO GIVE UP!

SET Point for Prajnesh

Prajnesh has the advantage, with the SET on the line. Can he break the serve and equalise?

6-5

Prajnesh holds as well as he moves to 6-5 lead in the second set. Can he break? Now or never for the Indian!