Davis Cup: India go down without a fight

Ramkumar Ramanathan and N Sriram Balaji played well only in patches in the do-or-die doubles encounter and later Siddharth Vishwakarma lost on debut as India went down 0-4 to Sweden in the Davis Cup World Group I tie. After losing both the singles on Saturday, India needed to win the third rubber to stay alive in the tie but Ramkumar and Balaji went down 3-6 4-6 against Andre Goransson and Filip Bergevi in one hour and 19 minutes.

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India’s dismal record against Sweden continued as it was the team’s sixth defeat in as many ties. The reverse singles were rendered inconsequential and it gave captain Rohit Rajpal a chance to test former national champion Siddharth, who lost 2-6 2-6 to Elias Ymer.