Apart from world number five Nadal, who lost in the fourth round at the US Open, Spain has packed the side with world number 13 David Ferrer, world number 18 Feliciano Lopez and Mark Lopez (world number 19 in doubles). India though has competitive doubles players in the squad in Rohan Bopanna (world number 17 in doubles) and Leander Paes (ranked 62). "That is a fully loaded Spain team and it will be a battle for us. The last time India and Spain competed against each other was in 1965 when Spain beat India 3-2 in a home tie. The first tie between the two nations was on a neutral venue, ie, in Great Britain, where Spain beat India in the World Group Quarterfinal 4-1.

Source: dna September 06, 2016 14:19 UTC