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Thursday, Jun 26, 2025
India can still have a shot at the qualification for the Davis Cup finals in five months from now as per new rules.
He steered Croatia into the final of the Davis Cup for the second time in three years with a monumental 3-2 victory over the US.
Ramkumar battled hard but it was not enough to stop Laslo Djere from winning his first Davis Cup match.
Recently-crowned US Open champion Novak Djokovic's decision to opt out of the play-offs along with world No. 33 Filip Krajinovic has raised hopes of an equal contest.
Croatia will enter the history books as winners of the last final played in the traditional format before the 118-year-old team competition gets a major revamp.
The odds are still stacked in Croatia's favour as no team has recovered from 2-0 down to win the trophy since Australia beat the United States in 1939.
France captain Yannick Noah's odd choice of Jeremy Chardy and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga for the opening singles rubbers backfired spectacularly as Croatia built a 2-0 lead.
The shake-up for the men's team tournament received 71.43 per cent support from about 120 delegates
Sumit Nagal, Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Ramkumar Ramanathan are the singles players in the squad while Paes and Rohan Bopanna will do the doubles duty against Croatia.
India now must win all three remaining matches on Saturday to qualify for Davis Cup finals.
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