Tennis, Davis Cup: Balaji, Ramkumar lose respective matches as India trail Sweden after opening day

India lost both their singles matches on the opening day of the 2024 Davis Cup World Group I tie against Sweden on Saturday.

At the Royal Tennis Hall in Stockholm, N Sriram Balaji opened the tie in the first match against Elias Ymer, but lost 4-6, 2-6.

Later on, Ramkumar Ramanathan, an experienced Davis Cup campaigner, also came up short against the lower-ranked Leo Borg. The latter dispatched Ramkumar 6-3, 6-3 in just under an hour to put the hosts up 2-0 in the tie.