Vishnu Vardhan, who ended up playing doubles with Paes after the 2012 London Olympics controversy, will thus step in to support Leander in his record bid. India had instead decided to pick Paes to give him a shot at the world record as the only doubles player, in a squad of four. Paes is currently tied at a win-loss record of 42-12 with Italian legend Nicola Pietrangeli in Davis Cup doubles. Between India’s last Davis Cup tie against Spain, and the one over the coming weekend, a lot has happened. New Zealand’s top-ranked singles player is Finn Tearney at 414 and the second singles player is Jose Statham, at 417.

Source: Mint February 02, 2017 05:21 UTC