Davis Cup 2020- India

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Davis Cup 2020- India

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Opening a thread for this as the venue for our tie against Croatia is announced as Zagreb looks like on indoor courts, not sure if clay or hard

Davis Cup: Croatia to face India in Zagreb

If Croatia is at full strength with both Cilic and Coric playing we have no chance.
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If two among Prajnesh, Sumit, Ramkumar and Yuki are healthy and playing at their best, we can be competitive. Cilic has been prone to injury recently, and Coric is mercurial. If we manage the doubles point, all we need is one big singles surprise!
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Our team is picked and Rohit Rajpal remains captain :frown:

Rohit Rajpal to continue as India's Davis Cup captain, Paes remains in mix

So, 3 doubles players are their in the final 6, looks like one among Rohan,Divij and Leander will be dropped from the final team which will travel to Croatia.
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sameerph wrote: Fri Feb 07, 2020 3:28 pm Our team is picked and Rohit Rajpal remains captain :frown:

Formerly with Congress and now with BJP, Rajpal has good connections , and helping the players with direct / indirect funding, so there is no question of mutiny in the ranks happening , like in the past when it happened against certain Captains

But still it is very ironical, a place, a Captain's seat once occupied by Greats of Indian Tennis who had illustrious stellar career on the world stage , and were great thinking minds, is now occupied by person who is nowhere near to match their abilities,and one who has a non existent professional playing record.

Infact our JaiBhai would be a good choice and do a much better job :D
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Disgraceful that Rohit Rajpal, who never made it to top-500 in singles or top-350 in doubles is the captain of our Davis Cup team. They are just picking any old person. This was the guy from the Britannia Amritraj Tennis (BAT) academy who never quite made it, while his class-mate Leander soared.
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Leander is named in our team ahead of Divij. So, our 5 member team is Prajnesh,Sumit,RamK, Rohan and Leander. Divij as reserve member.

Croatia have named their team too and Borna Coric is missing.

This is their team -

Marin Cilic, Borna Gojo, Nino Serdarusic, Ivan Dodig, Mate Pavic.

It seems Ivo Karlovic was also not available. So, their #2 Borna Gojo is ranked # 276. Chance for our guys to pull off something here ?
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We decided to skip the rankings this time round?
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Leander or Rohan with RamK may prove to be a better team than Rohan and Leander. Not sure that there is much chemistry in an LP-RB team. Good to have RamK playing at a high level in doubles now. The doubles point is very important if we are to pull off anything. We do have a chance....
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Yes, I think 2 matches against Cilic are pretty much impossible to pull off. We will have to win the other 3.
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On current form, Gojo may be playing as well as any of our singles players. The Croatian doubles team also looks pretty good, so winning 3 matches looks pretty tough.

As far as doubles team is concerned, the RB-LP pair is our worst option. Either RB-RamK or LP-RamK are likely better pairings. Any successful partner for LP has to be very effective at the net as otherwise LP will get broken every time he serves. I think RamK is pretty good at the net and would be a good partner for him. Likewise, RB-RamK could be effective as well by serving big and holding serves and then winning in the TB or somehow get an occasional break.
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Winning the doubles point against Dodig-Pavic is going to be very tough. Hopefully Sumit will pull off a win on Day 1 in singles to keep our chances alive. I would say that RB-LP is still the likeliest partnership, although RamK-LP could work better (or even RamK-Leander).
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PKBasu wrote: Mon Mar 02, 2020 4:27 pm Winning the doubles point against Dodig-Pavic is going to be very tough. Hopefully Sumit will pull off a win on Day 1 in singles to keep our chances alive. I would say that RB-LP is still the likeliest partnership, although RamK-LP could work better (or even RamK-Leander).
Unless the court surface is slow, Sumit is not our best option for playing singles on an indoor hard court. Both RamK and Prajnesh would likely have a better chance of pulling out a win. Sumit is our best option on clay.
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These are the observations of the Croation DC Captain in the run up to the tie, and also has hinted that he is still keeping his options about Coric open, and will take a final call on his (Coric) inclusion / exclusion until the draw date.

“India will base their tactics on two wins against our other player, be it Gojo or Serdarusic, and they have a great and experienced doubles team of Bopanna-Paes if they play. But we also have a great doubles team, Pavic-Dodig, and I believe that Gojo and Serdarusic have a chance to record at least one win. Cilic is in good form, although he lost in Dubai. The good thing is that we also have seven days of training and getting used to the grounds,” Martic said.

Borna Coric sustained a hand injury in Rio de Janeiro, but since it is not a serious injury, we will wait until the last minute, Martic added.

The stakes are really high and India needs to be taken seriously, especially since they are coming with the strongest squad possible. We are not complete, we will wait for Coric until the draw on Thursday, March 4, but I think that without him we have enough strength to, with the support of our fans, record the win,” said national team coach Vedran Martic at a news conference in Zagreb ahead of the Croatia-India Davis Cup series.
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This is the latest from the Opposition Camp about their preparations and the condition of the court surface which the Croat Captain and their player's preferring a slower court , but things not turning out exactly to their liking, So ideally Ram & Prajnesh should open up the proceeding's based on the court condition which appears to be quick , However still no sign or any indication whatsoever about Borna Coric making the final line up and as of now ,only the nominated line up, is going through the practice session;s.

All the nominated players (Marin Cilic, Borna Gojo, Nino Serdarusic, Ivan Dodig, Mate Pavic), and Franko Skugor and Matija Pecotic, whose effects on the training's in the hall 2 of the Zagreb Sports Center, are clearly visible.
The first time in the role of the coach is Vedran Martic, who after a few training sessions made his impressions:
“Great! The guys are doing well, everyone is concentrated and I'm very pleased with how the training is going. "

How satisfied are you with the conditions in the hall, and that is where we primarily refer to the floor?
"It suits us. A little slower hard court was agreed in the conversation with the players before the match , which is not quite accomplished, because the surface is not very slow, but it is good. We chose her, as well as the balls, we have no right to complain. We have what we were looking for. "
Our players are training twice a day, can you evaluate their form and capabilities?
“The training sessions are scheduled, and by the end we will play more points. The boys will be ready for the match. "

Did you maybe sketch out what training the Indian national team has?
"I know them before, more or less I know how they play, there are no big unknowns here. I didn't watch the training sessions, but I know them as players, ”said Vedran Martic.
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About the crucial Doubles , The Croat Captain was of the opinion that LP & Bops would be pairing , and today their Doubles player Mate Pavic seems to be echoing same thoughts about Lp/Bops pairing up for the doubles.

“We expect an inconvenient match. They have a wide cadre of players, several options and the question is who will play. I believe that Rohan Bopanna will definitely play, but these are all seasoned and experienced players. The best years are behind them, especially when it comes to Paes, who is 46 and this is probably one of his last Davis Cups, but he still has the strength to play a good game on a good level. So it will be tricky. "
At the preparations in Zagreb, we have two tennis players who were “No. 1” on the ATP rankings of the players of the pair, Mat Pavic and Leander Paes.
"Well, one a little younger and one a little older. These are good things. "
Leander Paes is a living tennis legend of the pair.

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