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Cilic, Coric to line up for Davis Cup tie against India

Cilic, Coric to line up for Davis Cup tie against India

  • Feb 12, 2020
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This is the seventh time in several years that the Indian team has reached the qualifying stage for the elite team competition, but it has not yet reached the global group. The draw will take place on 6 and 7 March, and the Croats will face the same team that won the 2018 title.Croatia is expected to advance its best players, Marin Cilic and Borna Coric, against India in the Davis World Cup Qualifiers in Zagreb next month.This is the seventh time in several years that the Indian team has reached the qualifying stage for the elite team competition, but it has not yet reached the global group. The draw will take place on 6 and 7 March, and the Croats will face the same team that won the 2018 title."We can confirm that our team captain, Vedran Martin, is hoping to get the same team that we had against France in the Davis Cup finals 2018 at Lille," said Igor Rajkovic, press officer of the Croatian Tennis Federation at the club. Indian Express This means that it must be disputed by Borna Coric and Marin Cilic.It is still unclear who will be nominated for the doubles match, as Croatia has three players in the top 20 start-up list this week: Ivan Dudej, Mate Pavic, and Nikola Mektic. The official nomination will be published 10 days before the tie. "As such, individual rubber will be challenged by a non-former scientist. 12 Purna Couric (currently thirty-first) and US Open champion Marin Cilic (currently thirty-seventh, but she reached third in the world). As for the double rubber sole, Dodig, ranked No. 10 (formerly No. 4), is the highest ranked player in the Balkan country in the dispute over a tie, along with No. 15 Pavich (Ancient World No. 1) and no. 20 Mektic (formerly not 5).The All India Tennis Federation (AITA), which has appointed a six-member team in the five-man raffle, has appointed its strongest team available. However, there was only one single player from India in the current squad among the top 100 players before, and the number one doubles player is Rohan Bopanna with 41.Indian alignment includes old no. 75 Prajnesh Gunneswaran (now 124), Sumit Nagal (126) and Ramkumar Ramanathan (180). For double rubber, Bopanna leads the line followed by the number. 56 Devin Sharan is the sixth best in doubles in India, veteran Leander Paes (124), who is in his farewell season.Paes, now 46, was part of the tie when the two countries met at the 1995 Davis Cup, the only previous meeting between the two teams. The former world does not. One of the doubles players surprised Goran Ivanisevic to help the hosts win 3-2 in New Delhi.However, since then, Croatia won the title in 2005 and 2018, while this time, the Indians hope to achieve uneasiness to reach the global group for the first time since 2011.Read More: The Davis Cup The World Cup of Tennis, Format, Davis Cup History

Novak Djokovic urges Davis and ATP Cups 2020 to merge or die

Novak Djokovic urges Davis and ATP Cups 2020 to merge or die

  • Feb 24, 2020
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Djokovic, who recently won his eighth Australian Open title and led Serbia to the ATP Cup trophy last month, made his plea prior to starting this week as top seed at the Aviation Club.Novak Djokovic asked ATP and Davis Cup rivals on Sunday to unite for survival while preparing for the Dubai championship.Djokovic, who recently won the eighth Australian Open title and led Serbia to the ATP Cup last month, made his statement before he started this week as the number one seed at the Aviation Club.And the world said number one in the two competitions that are held less than two months at the end of one season and at the beginning of the next season and they think they should become "in my opinion, they must merge." Super Cup "."This is necessary because personally, it will be very difficult to play both competitions every year, so I have to choose," said the 32-year-old chairman of the ATP players council."I don't think this is a (sustainable) model for our tennis." Djokovic ditched important evidence that the Davis Cup, which eliminated local coordination and the classic visitor in favor of a final of 18 teams during a week in Madrid, needed most of the repair work."What I don't like about the Davis Cup is that you can no longer play at home anymore," he said. "The AFC Cup was like playing on our home ground for us (Serbia) because we got a lot of support in Australia." But Djokovic also warned that the ATP Cup, which will remain in Australia for the foreseeable future, has its own drawbacks."They (will be celebrated) for 10 years in Australia. It is really difficult to name the World Cup for these competitions because there is no" world "if you keep them in one place for 10 years."For 99 percent of countries, they will not have the possibility of many years of organizing an equalizer at home."Read More: Tennis news atp nick kyrgios injury woes continue at delray beach open 2020