Espoo (Finland): Indian tennis forces were a pleasant surprise when he found that the hard trial in the room for the Davis Cup match that will come against Finland is not as fast as it is expected and bring low reflections.
The Indian players on Tuesday got the opportunity to practice in a court match, which had been placed while on the carpet at the Ice Hockey Stadium here and after the first hit, it turned out that it fits a visitor in a limited but important way.
Captain non-playing Rohit Rajpal, before leaving for Finland, said that they expected a fast court but realized that it wasn’t the problem.
“What they have done is that they have pulled ice and put wooden boards and put down the court on it, so the low bounce is suitable for us but at the same time the delay in the court is not suitable for us,” Rajpal was told by PTI.
“Europeans mostly playing on a slower clay court, so they like a lot of rally and it is their strength.
Our Indian players don’t do that but low bounces will certainly benefit us and our strategy will revolve around it,” Add it.
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Asked how the low bouncing court would be in accordance with Ramkumar Ramanathan and Prajnesh Gunneswaran when they also spent time going on and playing in Europe, Rajpal said because of their repertoire.
“We can chips and fees, our players often do that.
Good Ramkumar and Prajnesh crashes flat and for that, low bounces will be quite helpful.
You can’t do it in a high bouncing field,” he explained.
The two-day tie starts Friday.
Finland has high-ranking players in Single and Double but RajPal, for whom it will be the tie of the three as captain, says Indians are on occasion.
Finland’s top ranking is Emil Ruusuvuori, which is placed 74 on the ATP list while the Best Indian ranked player, Prajnesh Gunneswaran (165) is not even in the top-150.
India left-handed recently lost to Ruusuvuori on the tour.
“On paper they are a better ranking team than us but this is the Davis Cup, I say it’s 50-50.
It depends on how things come out on the first day too.
To have a score of 1-1 on the first day.
For us.
Doubles will be an important match for both parties.
“” When the days continue and we can see more of our players, our strategy will be clearer.
The team is in good condition, the children have played on the tour so they are sharp.
” The players have entered the bio-bubble where they are limited to their apartments, hotels and venues.
The apartment is placed right outside the official hotel, where they go only for food served in a separate protected area.
The winner of the tie will be eligible for qualifications in 2022 while the losing team will compete in the play-off to defend their place in the World Group next year.