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Wednesday, May 28, 2025
India are now one win away from advancing to the World Group I.
Ramkumar Ramanathan will lead the squad that includes N Sriram Balaji, Yuki Bhambri, Niki Poonacha and Saketh Myneni.
It is Ramkumar's first Asian Games medal and third for Myneni.
Ankita, the top Indian singles player, cruised to a 6-1, 6-2 win over Hong Kong's Adithya P Karunaratne in the third round of the women's singles event.
With both Bhambri and Ramanathan bowing out, Sania Mirza, who is in her last year on tour, remains the only Indian confirmed to play at Wimbledon this year.
Sania and Lucie beat Italian duo of Jasmine Paolini and Martina Trevisan, 4-6 6-2 6-1 in their opening round.
He combined with American Hunter Reese to win 7-6(4) 6-3 in their opening round.
Bopanna and Ramkumar defeated top-seeded Ivan Dodig of Croatia and Brazil's Marcelo Melo 7-6 (6), 6-1 in the final.
Both Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Ramkumar had lost their singles matches on Friday and to stay alive in the tie, the Indians needed to win the doubles.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran yet again lost to a lower-ranked player in the Davis Cup while Ramkumar Ramanathan went down fighting in the second singles.
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