India, Feb. 1 -- Togo came to the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association (DLTA) complex here after 10 Davis Cup wins on the trot. The fact that most of their players were unknown to their Indian counterparts added to the questions about the hosts.

On Saturday, all those doubts were put to rest.

India made a strong start to their Davis Cup 2025 campaign, taking a 2-0 lead over the western African nation on the opening day of the World Group I playoff with Mukund Sasikumar and Ramkumar Ramanathan putting in commanding performances to win their respective singles rubbers, taking India to the cusp of winning the best-of-five tie.

Mukund secured a big victory over Liova Ajavon in the opening rubber, setting the tone for India's campaign before Ramku...