India defeat NZ 4-1 in Davis Cup tie
India won their Davis Cup tie against New Zealand 4-1, after Ramkumar Ramanathan and Yuki Bhambri won their reverse singles draws on the final day. Ramkumar cruised to a 7-5, 6-1, 6-0 win against Finn Tearney in exactly two hours in the first reverse singles tie. Later, Bhambri beat Jose Statham 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 in the dead rubber.
India hosts NZ for a Davis Cup tie in Pune
India and New Zealand played each other in the Davis Cup tie in the Asia/Oceania Group I competition at Pune. The Indian team comprises of Ramkumar Ramanathan, Yuki Bhambri, Leander Paes and Vishnu Vardhan. While Ramkumar and Yuki will be playing the singles draws, Leander and Vishnu will team up with each other for the doubles draw.
Bhambri, Ramanathan give India a winning start
Indian ended the day one of the tie against New Zealand with a win in both the singles matches. In the first match, Yuki Bhambri defeated New Zealand's number one player Finn Tearney 6-4, 6-4, 6-3. Ramkumar Ramanathan registered a 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 win against Jose Statham in the second match. With both the matches in pocket, India lead 2-0 in five match tie.
Paes's world record dream crashes as India lose doubles match
India lost the doubles match against New Zealand on the day to to give away one point to the visitors. Leander Paes and Vishnu Vardhan lost 6-3, 3-6, 6-7, 3-6 to Artem Sitak and Micheal Venus in the doubles tie in two hours and 30 minutes. With this loss, Leander's dream of becoming the most successful Davis Cup doubles player also dashed.
India's next Davis Cup tie against Uzbekistan
With this win, India has made a made a place for themselves in the Asia/Oceania Group 2. India will be host to Uzbekistan from 07-09 April for the next tie.
