Both teams need to win two more ties to book a berth in the 16-team World Group for 2018. Their best hope lies in Saketh (world No. The sequence of the first-day singles matches will be decided via a draw ceremony on Thursday morning.Tearney (world No. 414) will play against either Yuki (378) or Ramkumar (276) on Friday. Though his ranking is inferior to Ramkumar's at the moment, Yuki has been a top-100 player.

Source: Times of India February 01, 2017 04:23 UTC