TIL Desk Sports/ Playing on grass which is what they wanted, India do not have any excuses now going into their Davis Cup World Group qualifiers tie against higher-ranked Italy at the Calcutta South Club, feels non-playing captain Mahesh Bhupathi.
The grass courts of South Club were chosen as the venue as Bhupathi was keen to play on grass considering that the Italians are solid hard court players. “We definitely felt that this is our best chance to beat Italy on grass and not on hard or clay because of their strengths.”
“So we’ve got the grass now I don’t think we have any room for excuses anymore,” Bhupathi said at the pre-draw press conference on Wednesday. The Indian team coached by Zeeshan Ali and boasting of the seasoned doubles pair of Rohan Bopanna-Divij Sharan, in-form singles players Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Ramkumar Ramanathan came in early to get used to the courts here.
