Youngster Ramkumar Ramanathan made a winning Davis Cup debut with a hard-fought victory over Seong Chan Hong in the opening singles as India took a 1-0 lead in the Asia/Oceania Group-I tie in Chandigarh on Friday. Ramkumar was leading 6-3 2-6 6-3 6-5 (15-15) when Hong suddenly clenched his right thigh, grimacing in pain. Ramkumar was leading 6-3 2-6 6-3 6-5 (15-15) when Hong suddenly clenched his right thigh, grimacing in pain, which brought a sudden end to the match. Despite so many errors, Ramkumar managed to hold and broke Hong in the next game to sit pretty at 5-3. Ramkumar hardly approached the net and kept hitting backhand slices for his returns from the back of the court.

Source: dna July 15, 2016 09:56 UTC