This tennis player proposed to his girlfriend at the Davis Cup dinner

Sep 16, 2016, 06:25
This tennis player proposed to his girlfriend at the Davis Cup dinner

He takes pride in representing his country.

There is no doubt that Leander Paes has had a remarkable Davis Cup career - in keeping with his status as one of the world's best doubles players in the past two decades - but that alone may not be sufficient for India to challenge Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez, French Open champions and US Open semifinalists this year.

Five-time Davis Cup champion Spain is facing India for the first time in 51 years.

The Indian Davis Cup team is set for a battle of big proportions as it takes on five-time champions Spain, who have packed the side with world class performers headlined by the legendary Rafael Nadal in their desperation to reclaim a spot in the elite World Group. We have reached many finals where we have won some and lost some. "When he is playing well he is able to play very well against all opponents", Nadal told reporters in New Delhi before a Spain-India Davis Cup clash.

Showing respect towards his rivals, Nadal said Spain weren't taking anything lightly. But I think it is a good motivation factor for us to perform well and do well against all of the mighty giants like the Spanish team. "We are here to try and meet our goal", he said.

He is likely to with play Myneni if the Vizag lad remains good enough to compete in the doubles after Friday's contest.

Ramanathan said it'll be important to play "aggressive" tennis. "We have a great team with players like (Rafael) Nadal and (David) Ferrer so that makes my job a lot easier", Conchita said. He is one of the best players of all time. "So everything depends on first day", Saketh said. For Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan as well as Sumit Nagal, the weekend could well be a delightful learning curve, one that could stand them in good stead over the coming years when they would be expected to keep the torch of Indian tennis burning bright. They will be playing at home in front of home crowd in conditions they chose.

The Spanish players took the practice session seriously, and Nadal felt that the conditions were quite humid. Both teams have spent time getting used to the conditions and it would be wrong to assume that the players from sunny Spain will be at the receiving end of the weather.

"These players play on Tour whole year. Let's see how well we can adapt to it", Nadal, who had looked sapped after training in over 90% humidity on Wednesday evening, said.

The 28-year-old Myneni is coming to the tie after a good US Open where he qualified for the main draw and nearly won his first round tie against Jiri Vesely. As India's doubles player Leander Paes, no less a legend himself, will have us believe, it would be quite something to witness of the greatest contemporary players on court. Nadal, who owns a 22-1 Davis Cup singles record, has not dropped a singles match in the worldwide team competition since his debut as a 17-year-old.

"But now that I have become a coach, I want to be more successful than when I was a player".

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