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

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Not the best day for the Indian Davis Cup team!

Not being able to get on the board is going to take a toll on the Indian team as they risk of entering the play-off stages of Group 1 if they fail to secure a berth in the 2022 Davis Cup qualifiers.

Finland leads 2-0 in this Davis Cup tie!

🇫🇮 2-0 🇮🇳

Emil Ruusuvuori voittaa Ramanathanin 6-4, 7-5! Tästä on kertakaikkisen mahtavaa jatkaa klo 14.00. Tule mukaan tähän tunnelmaan, yksi voitto vielä tarvitaan maaotteluvoittoon! pic.twitter.com/wDha53SAS7

— Suomen Tennisliitto (@tennisfi) September 17, 2021

Sadly, Ramkumar's strategy was not enough as he loses the match

Quite the sad turn of events for India as they have lost both of the rubbers they played today, in straight sets.

Emil Ruusuvuori defeated Ramkumar Ramathan in 1 hour 36 minutes to win, 6-4, 7-5.

And with that Ramkumar faces BREAK POINT again!

The pressure is back on as Emil gets a MATCH POINT here!

Not so easy, Emil as Ramkumar holds serve firmly!

Emil Ruusuvuori looks back in control now

The pressure is extremely high on Ramkumar Ramanathan now as he is serving to stay in the match. 

The Finnish player leads 5-4 in the second set! It is NOW or NEVER for India!

Ramanathan has mean slices up his sleeve!

Second set is turning out to be a neck to neck fight!

It is 3 ALL on the board in the second game! Ramkumar needs to break once more, at any cost!

Ramkumar evades a scare as he holds serve, saving a lot of break points

Ramkumar Ramanathan is lacking consistency here and Ruusuvuori notices that and had a couple of break points! However, Ramkumar saves himself in time to settle for a 2 ALL in the second set.