India to host Denmark for next Davis Cup match in March

India have got their first home Davis Cup tie since February 2019 as they are pitted against Denmark in the World Group I competition to be held on 4–5 March next year.

India visited Finland (2021), Croatia (2020) and Kazakhstan (2019, Pakistan tie) for their last three ties.

India hosted Italy at home in February 2019 and lost 1-3 in Kolkata.

Even though Denmark has a singles player in the Holger Rune (103), which is ranked higher than all Indian players, it can still be considered a favorable draw for the hosts.

This will be the first match between the two countries since September 1984 when India won 3-2 in Aarhus.

The two teams have not faced much face-to-face as they only played for the second time when Denmark defeated India 5–0 in the quarter-finals in Copenhagen in 1927.

“Thank god, after many ties, we got a home match. The last two ties were tough for us, we played Croatia which made it to the Davis Cup final. Then we played Finland and everyone thought Finland was an easy one. team, that was not the case,” India coach Zeeshan Ali told PTI.

“India is considered a strong team on paper, but except for Ramkumar Ramanathan, who is 190 in the world, we don’t have anyone in the top-200 in singles. We haven’t had anyone in the top-100 for a long time.

“We were always weak, but in the Davis Cup we have always had good players but we are struggling right now, so whatever we are playing will be a challenge,” he said.

Zeeshan felt that a lot would depend on who would be available for the tie.

“Last time when we didn’t have our number one, Yuki was injured. If we have a full-strength team, if Sumit is fit by March and Yuki is also available, then we have a very good chance to beat India. in Denmark,” he said.

Prajnesh Gunneswaran (215) has dropped out of the top 200 and Nagal, who recently took a break to recover from a hip injury, is now ranked 218.

Ramkumar recently re-entered the top 200 by winning a Challenger.