Prajnesh, playing only his second Davis Cup tie, being a left-hander could counter Yibing from different angles and he also had the experience of playing on slow surfaces in China. Paes, India's Davis Cup hero for years, was tied on 42 wins with Italian great Nicola Pietrangeli for long but finally surpassed him, albeit in a foreign land. His 'missile' serves proved too hot to handle for the Chinese and Paes, as usual, was superb at the net. The Chinese nevertheless stayed strong on their serves and there was no break of serve in the second set. Bopanna smashed an overhead volley winner to earn the team's second set point and Paes nailed it easily.

Source: The Telegraph April 07, 2018 09:22 UTC