Fast, low bounce grass court make India firm favourite against Denmark

New Delhi
Atailor-made low bounce and fast grass court arranged for the home advantage, the Indian Davis Cup team will start as firm favourite but Denmark is still expected to present a good fight in the Davis Cup World Group Play-off tie, starting here on Friday.
India’s best player Yuki Bhambri is back in the squad and that changes the dynamics for the three-day rubber. India terribly felt his absence when he was out of action in the last four years due to his knee injury. India lost a few winnable ties but now with Yuki back in the mix, the team can bank on his immense talent and ability to pull off tight matches against a high-quality opponent.
The 29-year-old will know exactly what he needs to do on the opening day since it will be Ramkumar Ramanathan who will open the tie for India with the first singles against Christian Sigsgaard, the world number 824.
Ramkumar could not have asked for a better match since with his experience of playing on grass court and on the ATP tour, it should not be much of a problem to go past the Danish player.
Yuki will play against 305th ranked Mikale Torpegaard, on whom much will depend how the tie goes. If Holger Rune (ranked 88) had not pulled out of the tie, it would have made it tougher for India.
Going by rankings, Indian team is strong but in Davis Cup the players usually manage to punch above their weight so it will come down to who plays better on the match day.