Rohan Bopanna retains place in Indian group for Davis Cup tie towards Finland in September

Doubles exponent Rohan Bopanna on Friday retained his place within the Indian Davis Cup group regardless of his current run-in with the nationwide federation, which named a five-member squad for the upcoming World Group I away tie towards Finland.
Expectedly, all high three singles gamers of the nation — Prajnesh Gunneswaran (ranked 158), Sumit Nagal (159) and Ramkumar Ramanathan (204) — have been picked for the September 17-18 tie, which will probably be held on indoor courts in Espoo Metro Areena in Espoo metropolis.
The AITA choice committee had a digital assembly on Thursday to resolve on the group.
Rohit Rajpal would be the non-playing captain of the facet and Zeeshan Ali the coach.
Bopanna, ranked 40, could have his doubles associate in Divij Sharan, ranked 82.
The duo couldn’t qualify for the continuing Tokyo Olympics attributable to low mixed rank.
In the final tie towards Croatia which India misplaced 1-3, Bopanna had paired with Leander Paes. Rest is similar squad.
Bopanna had accused the All Indian Tennis Association (AITA) secretary common Anil Dhupar of deceptive him and the nation by claiming that the ITF had accepted his and Sumit Nagal’s entry for the doubles competitors of the Tokyo Games.
Bopanna made public his telephonic dialog with Dhupar, placing the audio recording on his twitter web page.
Finland has one higher-ranked singles participant in Emil Ruusuvuori, who’s positioned 69th within the ATP chart, whereas it doesn’t have a participant inside top-100.
Finland additionally has two first rate doubles gamers in Henri Kontinen and Harri Heliovaara, who’re ranked 39 and 38 respectively.
Selection committee member Balram Singh instructed PTI that the current controversy concerning Bopanna was not mentioned by the members.
“There are former players in the committee and they know the value of a doubles rubber point in Davis Cup. Rohan, being our top player, was a natural choice,” Balram stated.
“It was just a matter of misunderstanding that a controversy erupted,” he stated.
The winner of the tie will qualify for the Qualifiers in 2022 whereas the dropping groups will compete within the play-offs to retain their place in World Group I subsequent yr.