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Yes, it was pretty clear yesterday that Ankita was no in kind of singles form to do much. And it is not that this time like in earlier years we had no options. Both Sahaja and Shrivalli have shown in recent months that they have it in them to win against players at this level. So, one of them should...

Prasen, the Madrid masters is later (week after from Apr 24th). It is Barcelona 500, Munich 250 and Bucharest 250 this week. Sumit was in the entry list for main draw for all three (but a few spots out. As of Thursday afternoon in Europe, he made the main draw at Munich and Barcelona, and he withdr...

Excellent work by Rutuja to thrash a player ranked close to 300 . She looks in great form here

Now hope for Ankita to close it out here.

Yes, probably we still need to beat NZ to make sure not to get relagated. But, the player who has been playing #2 for them is ranked below 900 in WTA rankings. So, that is 1 easy match for us against them and than win 1 of the other 2 matches where we would be 50-50 at worst. So, that looks a very w...

Ok, so I think tomorrow's India vs. Korea match may virtually be the match will decide the team which will finish second provided we beat NZ ( which is easier than Korea match) and China beats Korea on last day.

Is the Korea match tomorrow for sure and NZ the day after ?

Yes, but if we want to play Rutuja at #1 singles, we cannot play Sahaja as other singles player as Sahaja is ranked higher than Rutuja and Sahaja will become #1 in that case. So, maybe play Shrivalli at #2 and Rutuja at #1. Not a bad ploy, we will know what form Shrivalli is in and she has shown abi...

Excellent to get a win after losing that critical match of Ankita. Prarthana stood and made her doubles prowess count.

Yes, relagation ruled out now. Now, we can make a stretch and beat NZ and Korea to get into top 2 ?

Damn, that was an opportunity lost by us and sad that it is due to Ankita who has bailed us out so many times in the past in the Fed cup. Unfortunately, Ankita has been badly out of form for last few months, or maybe age is catching up with her. Whatever it, I agree that in rest of the matches we ne...

Could be due that. But, Ankita needs to win the next match against #305 En Shuo Liang. Taiwan doubles team is very strong with world #1 Sue Wei Seieh in it.

Rutuja wins 63 62. We are up 1-0 against Taiwan.

Our match against Taiwan started. Rutuja is playing second singles for us today and is up against Hao-Ching Chan who is ranked outside 1000. I wonder why Taiwan is playing her instead of much higher ranked players in the team. This is the live link- https://wx.vzan.com/live/page/1413076855?v=1712740...

Match is also live on Sony Ten channel on TV in India or on Sonylive app.

It is 3-3 in first set for Sumit against Rune.

Bops and Ebden lost in first round 36 67(5) against Aravelo and Pavic.

Sumit has arrived on court for the biggest match of his career.