NEW DELHI, Feb. 1 -- Though India will be playing their first Davis Cup tie at home in two years, neither their top singles nor doubles players will be available for the two-day contest against Togo at the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association (DLTA) complex here.
India's highest ranked singles tennis player Sumit Nagal (world No.106) and doubles player Yuki Bhambri (No.47) are unavailable for World Group I. While Nagal is currently in Buenos Aires where he will be playing the Argentina Open (an ATP 250 event) from February 10, Bhambri lost the men's doubles quarter-final partnering Ivan Dodig at Open Occitanie (ATP 250) in Montpellier, France, on Thursday.
"Yuki wouldn't have played singles anyway. I don't know what the reason was with Sumit not...