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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 6:43 AM GMT
"Losing a lot of matches in the past teaches you a lot" - Ramkumar Ramanathan on being so good with the grass-court now
Indian tennis legend Vijay Amritraj joins Ramkumar Ramanathan and non-playing captain Rohit Rajpal courtside for the post-match interview where the trio is all smiles as Ram gets the first point in India's bag!
- 4 March 2022 6:36 AM GMT
And Ramkumar Ramanathan WINS the first match of the tie!
And a beautiful serve to seal the deal in this first match against Denmark!
India leads 1-0 in the tie now as Ramkumar Ramanathan wins in good fashion, 6-3, 6-2!
- 4 March 2022 6:27 AM GMT
Ramkumar Ramanathan has no trouble holding serve, leads 4-2!
The errors keep piling for the Dane and Ramkumar is taking full advantage of that, testing the Dane out in rallies!
- 4 March 2022 6:19 AM GMT
And Ramkumar Ramanathan means business here as he BREAKS again!
And speaking of threats, Ramkumar goes up with three breakpoints and converts it too!
Ram breaks and leads in Set 2 with 2-1. Good stuff!
- 4 March 2022 6:16 AM GMT
Into Set 2 we go and both players hold serve at 1-1!
Both players are looking in better form in the second set here and are moving better.
No serves broken, no threats so far in the second set.
- 4 March 2022 6:08 AM GMT
Ramkumar Ramanathan bags the first set 6-3!
And a beautiful first serve to the corner to catch the Dane off-guard as Ramkumar Ramanathan wins the first set for Team India in this Davis Cup tie against Denmark!
Glorious stuff.
