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Davis Cup World Group 1: Ramanathan, Balaji lose, India trails 0-2 to Sweden after day 1- Highlights
Catch all the Highlights from the first day of the Davis Cup Group 1 tie between Indian and Swedish men's teams.
The team competition in tennis is back as the Indian men's team is taking on Sweden in the Davis Cup World Group 1 tie at the Kungliga tennis hall in Sweden on September 14-15.
Day 1 of this two-day tie featured the first two singles matches on Saturday. Firstly, Sriram Balaji took on Elias Ymer at 5:30 PM IST, and then Ramkumar Ramanathan was up against the youngster Leo Borg at 7:00 PM IST.
As it happened:
Live Updates
- 14 Sep 2024 3:32 PM GMT
At the end of day-1: India 0-2 Sweden
A poor start to the Davis Cup tie for India as they lost both their singles matches on day 1.
However, they will have one more opportunity to bounce back with a doubles match tomorrow and then the reverse singles.
MS1: - Sriram Balaji (IND) 4-6, 2-6 Elias Ymer (SWE)
MS2: - Ramkumar Ramanathan 3-6, 4-6 Leo Borg
- 14 Sep 2024 3:26 PM GMT
Ramanathan loses as Borg holds on to his final serve of the match
Set-2: Ramkumar Ramanathan 4-6 Leo Borg
- 14 Sep 2024 3:23 PM GMT
Borg is serving for the match as Ramanathan could not find nay break
Set-2: Ramkumar Ramanathan 4-5 Leo Borg
- 14 Sep 2024 3:05 PM GMT
A perfect start to the second set as both players held on to their first two serves
Set-2: Ramkumar Ramanathan 2-2 Leo Borg
- 14 Sep 2024 2:48 PM GMT
Borg takes the first set as Ramkumar misses his opportunity to break
Set-1: Ramkumar Ramanathan 3-6 Leo Borg
- 14 Sep 2024 2:34 PM GMT
Poor play from Ramanthan conceded another break on his serve because of unforced errors
Set-1: Ramkumar Ramanathan 2-5 Leo Borg
- 14 Sep 2024 2:24 PM GMT
A double fault from Ramanathan as Leo gets his break back
Set-1: Ramkumar Ramanathan 2-2 Leo Borg
- 14 Sep 2024 2:14 PM GMT
A great start for Ramanathan, earns a break in the very first game of the match
Set-1: Ramkumar Ramanathan 1-0 Leo Borg