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Davis Cup, India vs Denmark, Day 1: Ramkumar Ramanathan, Yuki Bhambri win easily — Scores, Updates, Live Blog
After Day 1 of the India-Denmark Davis Cup tie, it is India with the 2-0 lead thanks to Ramkumar Ramanathan and Yuki Bhambri.
Ramkumar Ramanathan and Yuki Bhambri (Source: Chenthil Mohan)
The prestigious Davis Cup is back on home soil once more as India prepares to face off against Denmark in the World Group play-off tie at the Delhi Gymkhana Club over two days - March 4th and 5th, 2022.
India got off to a strong start in the tie against Denmark with Ramkumar Ramanathan setting the winning mood with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Christian Sigsgaard. After that, Yuki Bhambri kept the winning spree going as he tamed a tough Dane - Mikael Torpegaard to win 6-4, 6-4 and gave India a 2-0 lead in the Davis Cup tie.
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- 4 March 2022 7:26 AM GMT
The Dane has a spring in his step now, leads 3-2
Yuki Bhambri makes a few more errors now and the Dane is looking more confident.
Let's go Bhambri!!
- 4 March 2022 7:24 AM GMT
Loud, loud roar from Denmark as Mikael takes the break now!
Yuki loses the lead now as the Dane breaks back!
But it's alright, we are just back on serve now. But the Dane has gained more confidence from this break.
- 4 March 2022 7:23 AM GMT
Unforced errors suddenly come up for Bhambri now!
We are on the Bhambri serve and he gives 3 break points to the Dane with some unwanted unforced errors coming his way.
The Indian leads 2-1 on the board in the opening game.
We are in the fourth game with Bhambri lagging at 30-40.
- 4 March 2022 7:16 AM GMT
Yuki Bhambri holds to love now!
Yuki Bhambri settles in quick and is serving solid here. The Dane has no answers for Bhambri yet as the Indian leads 2-0 here in the opening set.
- 4 March 2022 7:14 AM GMT
And Yuki Bhambri BREAKS at one go! What a start!
Beautiful, beautiful start for Yuki Bhambri here as he displays some beautiful tennis early on! Yuki Bhambri leads 1-0 in the opening set.
The Dane is struggling with his service but he has a heavy serve that Bhambri will have to be careful of.
- 4 March 2022 7:00 AM GMT
Yuki Bhambri on the court now, last-minute pep talk from Rajpal!
And we are about to start with the second tie of the day, Yuki Bhambri is on court!
- 4 March 2022 6:45 AM GMT
Next up - Yuki Bhambri vs Mikael Torpegaard!
In the second and last match for the day, it will be another singles clash featuring Indian tennis star Yuki Bhambri (WR 590), who is on the brink of making a comeback to tennis and winning ways as he clashes against World No. 305 Mikael Torpegaard.
If all goes according to Rohit Rajpal's strategy, Yuki should be able to get India to a 2-0 lead!
