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Tuesday, Jun 17, 2025
India will now compete in World Group I in September to get back to the Davis Cup Qualifiers.
Italy will now play in the World Group Finals while India will be relegated to the Zonals.
The 46-year-old, who started his professional career in 1991, has won 18 doubles and mixed doubles Grand Slam titles and a bronze medal in the singles at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
Murray will miss the January 20 to February 2 Grand Slam where he has been a five-time losing finalist and will also not play for Britain in the inaugural ATP Cup in Australia, starting on January 3.
The 46-year-old Paes went on to better his own record by achieving his 44th Davis Cup doubles win, this time partnering debutant Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan, as India routed Pakistan 4-0.
In a mismatch of epic proportion, Ramkumar double-bageled 17-year-old Muhammed Shoaib in just 42 minutes in the opening singles.
The tie was earlier scheduled to be held on September 14-15 but was postponed to November after a security review by the ITF in August.
The former Davis Cup captain also said that he still cannot get over the 'hurt' caused by the All India Tennis Association's manner of sacking him.
With the victories of Djokovic, Nadal and Murray, Spain, Great Britain, and Serbia booked their place in Davis Cup Finals.
Djokovic beat Paire 6-3 6-3 in Madrid after Filip Krajinovic won a close encounter 7-5 7-6 (7/5) against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to give Serbia a 2-0 advantage with only the doubles rubber to play.
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