NEW DELHI, Feb. 3 -- Spectators had barely filled up the 4,000-seater RK Khanna Tennis Stadium when India won the Davis Cup World Group I playoff against Togo, blanking the African nation 4-0 here on Sunday.
Sasikumar Mukund and Ramkumar Ramanathan gave India a 2-0 lead on Saturday and N Sriram Balaji and debutant Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli barely took an hour to finish off proceedings on Day 2.
Balaji and Rithvik beat Hod'abalo Isak Padio and M'lapa Tingou Akomlo 6-2, 6-1 in the doubles rubber, ensuring India's triumph. Balaji and Rithvik broke serve in the fourth game before closing it out with another break in the eighth. The second set was more one-sided as the Togolese pair struggled to hold serve, conceding breaks in the fourth and...