Tennis, Davis Cup: India move into World Group 1 after play-off tie win against Pakistan

India won both their matches, doubles and singles, on Sunday to seal a 4-0 win in the tie against Pakistan on Sunday.

Feb 4, 2024 - 14:00
Tennis, Davis Cup: India move into World Group 1 after play-off tie win against Pakistan

India eased past Pakistan 4-0 in their Davis Cup World Group I play-off tie on Sunday in Islamabad, with the visitors winning the opening doubles and second singles matches on grass.

Having won both singles matches on Saturday, their overall record in the Davis Cup now stands at 8-0 against Pakistan.

The Indian duo of Saketh Myneni and Yuki Bhambri proved too good for Pakistan’s Aqeel Khan and Muzammil Murtaza, winning 6-2, 7-6.

In the third singles match of the tie, Niki Poonacha needed only 64 minutes to beat a young Muhammad Shoaib 6-3, 6-4 to seal the tie for India.

Veteran Pakistani player Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, who lost his singles match to Ramkumar Ramanathan on Saturday, did not take the court on Sunday due to a hamstring injury sustained during his singles match.

The doubles match began with Bhambri and Myneni immediately breaking the Pakistani pair to take a 1-0 lead in the first set. Khan and Murtaza then served an ace and double point in the same point to hold their serve. But the Indians broke their serve again two points later at 4-1 and then went on to serve for the set, winning 6-2.

The second set saw Khan and Murtaza take the fight to the Indians,...

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