While Switzerland lost to Spain 1-3 in the Qualifiers, India defeated Togo 4-0 in a World Group I Play-off held in New Delhi last month.
India will play Switzerland in a September Davis Cup World Group I match, according to the draw made Thursday by the International Tennis Federation office in London.Switzerland will select the surface for the match and serve as the host nation. The game is scheduled to take place from September 12 to 14.
In a World Group I Play-off held in New Delhi last month, India defeated Togo 4-0, while Switzerland lost to Spain 1-3 in the Qualifiers. If India defeats Switzerland, the winner advances to the Davis Cup Qualifiers the following year, while the loser must compete in the World Group I Playoffs.The last time the two teams met was in 1993, when Leander Paes and Ramesh Krishnan teamed for a 3-2 victory in Kolkata, but India leads the head-to-head record 2-1.
World No. 121 Alexander Ritschard, World No. 131 Jerome Kym, World No. 165 and three-time Major champion Stan Wawrinka, and World No. 172 Marc-Andrea Huesler are Switzerland’s top singles players.
No. 101 in the world Switzerland’s top-ranked doubles player is Jakub Paul.Sumit Nagal, ranked 132nd in the world, is India’s best singles player. Since World No. 21 Rohan Bopanna retired from the team competition in 2023, Yuki Bhambri, ranked 39th in the world, is the nation’s top player in doubles.
But Nagal has missed India’s previous three Davis Cup matches, and Bhambri has missed the last two.The singles players on the team that played Togo were Mukund Sasikumar, Ramkumar Ramanathan, and Karan Singh; the doubles players were Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli and N. Sriram Balaji. The captain who did not play was Rohit Rajpal.
