India is expected to face Switzerland in an equality of the World Group of Davis Cup, following the draw of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) in London on Thursday. The crucial meeting will be organized by Switzerland from September 12 to 14, the hosts selecting the playing surface. India obtained its place in this equality with a dominant 4-0 victory over Togo in the Group I-Off Group I held in New Delhi last month. Meanwhile, Switzerland has undergone a defeat of 1-3 against Spain in qualifying, setting up this decisive match. The winner of the India-Switzerland tie will go to the Davis Cup qualifiers for next year, while the losing team will be relegated to group I qualifiers.
Historically, India has a 2-1 face-to-face advantage over Switzerland, although their last meeting took place almost three decades ago in 1993. In this equality, the legends of Indian tennis Leander Paes and Rameh Krishnan guided the team towards a 3-2 victory in Kolkata.
The Swiss team has a solid alignment, led by the Triple Champion of the Grand Chelem Stan Wawrinka, currently classified n ° 165 in the world. Other main Swiss singles players include the world number 121 Alexander Ritschard, the world number 131 Jerome Kym and the world No. 172 Marc-Andrea Huesler. In double, the world’s n ° 101 Jakub Paul is the best classified player in Switzerland.
The single player in India is the world’s leading row Sumit Nagal, while Yuki Bhambri, ranked n ° 39 in doubles, is the main double player in the country. However, India will be without veteran Rohan Bopanna, who retired from the Davis Cup tasks in 2023. In addition, Bhambri and Nagal missed the last two and three links of the Davis Cup, respectively.
The Indian team that faced Togo featured Mukund Sasikumar, Ramkumar Ramanathan and Karan Singh in simple, while N. Sriram Balaji and Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli formed the double team. Rohit Rajpal continues as an Indian captain who did not play.
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