Davis Cup Asia or Oceania Group I tie between India and Chinese Taipei is beginning at ITC Tennis Stadium, Indore today. Yuki Bhambri ranked 173, will open India's campaign today as he will play the first singles against Taipei number one player Tsung Hua Yang (216). Somdev Devvarman, ranked 103, will then clash with Ti Chen (284) in the second singles.Comeback-man Rohan Bopanna will pair with debutante Saketh Myneni for the doubles rubber against Hsien-Yin Peng and Hsin-Han Lee tomorrow and reverse singles will be played on Sunday.All India Radio will broadcast live commentary of today's matches from 0955 Hrs to 1500 Hrs or till the end of the matches on Rajdhani Channel an additional frequencies.India could have been in a better position in the competition but for the players' revolt last year, the hosts are still in Group I. Losing to Korea at home in the absence of top players denied the country a chance to challenge for a place in the elite World Group. However, now India have a good chance to be there as Chinese Taipei have arrived without their top stars world number 54 Yen-Hsun Lu and world number 154 Jimmy Wang. A victory at Indore would take India to Korea for the second round, the winner of which will play in World Group play-offs.
News On AIR | January 31, 2014 8:43 AM
Davis Cup: India vs Chinese Taipei group 1 tie in Indore today