The Tennis mega event, Davis Cup will begin today in Bangalore. India will face one of the most ferocious Davis Cup challenges at home as nothing less than their best will be required to challenge world number two Serbia, which will test skill and strength of the hosts even without world number one Novak Djokovic. Yuki Bhambri and Dusan Lajovic will open the proceedings, playing the first singles in the Davis Cup World Group play-off tie between India and Serbia at 3 pm today. In the second singles today, Somdev Devvarman will go up against Filip Krajinovic at 6:30 pm.Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna will take on Nenad Zimonjic and Ilija Bozoljac in the doubles to be played tomorrow. The tie will conclude on Sunday with the two reverse singles where Devvarman faces Lajovic first and Bhambri meets Krajinovic. The nominations for the doubles and reverse singles can be changed up to one hour before the scheduled start.India last qualified for the elite 16-nation Group in 2010 but were knocked out in the first round by the Serbian team the next year in Novi Sad, where the visitors suffered a 1-4 rout.