Saketh Myneni has been named in the Davis Cup team along with Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Ramkumar Ramanathan, apart from the Asian Games doubles gold medallists Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan, for the World Group qualification tie against Italy to be staged on grass in Kolkata on February 1 and 2.
The All India Tennis Association (AITA) has announced Sasi Kumar Mukund as the reserve, apart from including Sumit Nagal, Arjun Kadhe and Siddharth Vishwakarma to train with the team in a preparatory camp from Jan. 22 to 30.
India’s squad for the Fed Cup team includes Pranjala Yadlappalli, Ankita Raina, Karman Kaur Thandi Prarthana Thombare and Rutuja Bhosale been kept in the squad headline for the Asia/Oceania Group 1 matches in Kazakhstan in February.
The team will assemble in Delhi on January 27 for a three-day camp before leaving for Astana. The matches will take place in the week starting February 4. Also in Group 1 are hosts Kazakhstan, China, Indonesia, Thailand, South Korea and Pacific Oceania.