India finish the first day of their World Group I Play-off tie against Denmark with a 2-0 lead. Ramkumar Ramanathan beat Christian Siggsgaard 6-3, 6-2 before Yuki Bhambri defeated Mikael Torpegaard on Friday.
The grass courts at the Delhi Gymkhana Club were chosen to exploit Denmark’s general unfamiliarity with grass and banking on the playing styles of Indians. While the Danes had sported game faces and talked about being underdogs ready to cause upsets, the writing was always on the grass.
The Indians’ Ramkumar was the main man for India with a game tailor-made for grass, while Sigsgaard struggled to time his returns. There was an obvious gulf in talent between the two players, magnified by the surface.
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