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India out of Davis Cup after Paes-Bopanna lose

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Namangan (Uzbekistan): India crashed out of the Asia Ocenia Group II in Davis Cup after seasoned doubles pair of Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna lost the doubles rubber, giving Uzbekistan an unassailable 3-0 lead in the Group I tie, here on Saturday.

The Indians fought hard before going down (4)6-7 4-6 6-3 3-6 to Denis Istomin and Farrukh Dustov in a must-win encounter at the Sport Complex Pahlavon.

The Indian team was banking heavily on Paes and Bopanna to pull one back in order to keep tomorrow’s reverse singles matches consequential, after rookies Sanam Singh and Yuki Bhambri lost their respective singles matches yesterday.

But Istomin and Dustiv caused a major upset when they handed defeat to Paes and Bopanna, both of whom are ranked in the doubles top-10.

While the first set was stretched to the tie-breaker with none of the teams ready to bow down before each other, the Uzbeks did well to snatch the second.

The Indians though bounced back in the third set to keep their chances alive.

However, the Indisna completely ran out of steam in the fourth to surrender meekly.

On Friday youngsters — Sanam Singh and Yuki Bhambri — lost their singles matches in straight sets against Istomin and Dustov, respectively in what turned out to be lop-sided contests.

Sunday’s reverse singles will be dead rubber.

Bhambri would take on Istomin in the fourth singles. The only time they had met before was in Miami 2010 and Istomin emerged victorious. (PTI)

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