Davis Cup  

Watch MyNation's Sportstop weekly review show (November 25 to December 1) to know about what happened last week in the world of sports. India achieved a 4-0 win over Pakistan in Davis Cup tennis while Mahendra Singh Dhoni broke silence over his international cricket future. All this and more in today's (December 2) Sportstop

Pakistani teenagers Mohammed Shoaib and Hufaiza Abdul Rehman were no match for the Indian combination of the battle-hardened Leander Paes and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan, who needed just 53 minutes to win 6-1, 6-3 in Davis Cup

India is most likely to travel to Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan. The wait is over for Indian Davis Cup players after they expressed concerns over travelling to Pakistan over security issues. However, ITF is yet to make the venue official

Leaner Paes returned to the Davis Cup team after more than a year along with top players Sumit Nagal, Ramkumar Ramanathan, Sasi Kumar Mukund and Rohan Bopanna, who had reservations on travelling to Pakistan due to security concerns

'The (Indian) team does not want to go to Pakistan (for Davis Cup) due to the deteriorating relationship between the two countries. We will wait and see what ITF (International Tennis Federation) says'

On August 22 the International Tennis Federation (ITF) postponed the Davis Cup tie between India and Pakistan scheduled to be held in September after an in-depth security review of the current situation in Pakistan was done by independent expert security advisors

The All India Tennis association (AITA), taking a more aggressive stance than earlier, said it would not request for a neutral venue for the Asia Oceania Zone 1 tie on September 14-15 as is being asked by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)

After eight hours of tennis on Sunday, Borna Coric ended a sustained comeback bid from the United States by rallying from two sets to one down to beat Frances Tiafoe 6-7 (0), 6-1, 6-7 (11), 6-1, 6-3 in the fifth and decisive match

India will now compete in a 24-team qualifying event (home and away format) in February 2019 to qualify for the 18-team Davis Cup Finals, to be held either in Madrid or Lille from November 18-24, next year

It's imperative to take little chances that players with the caliber of Lajovic give and Prajnesh had plenty of them but did not take those. He had nine break points but converted only two

Playing away is still is an enormous task for the Indian team, which has landed here without its top singles player Yuki Bhambri and Asian Games men's doubles gold medallist Divij Sharan.
 

Yuki Bhambri and Asian Games gold-medallist Divij Sharan have pulled out of the Davis Cup world group play-off tie against Serbia due to injuries