Meanwhile Prakash Amritraj and Hyung-Taik Lee of Korea made a tragic exit, retiring midway through their first round doubles match.
rakash Amritraj went down to Ivo Heuberger of Switzerland 4-6, 4-6, at the ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament.
The Indian Davis Cupper filled the third and final wild card slot in the main draw of the ATP event, starting in Chennai on Monday.\n\n
Karan Rastogi was given the third and final wild card for the singles event of the Chennai Open tennis championship.
Play was called off on the second day of the Davis Cup World Group play-off between India and Sweden due to rain.
Jonas Bjorkman beat Prakash Amritraj 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to help Sweden take a 1-0 lead in the Davis Cup World Group play-off.
Prakash Amritraj will play the second singles against Sjeng Schalken in the Davis Cup tie against Holland.
The former US Open champion has withdrawn from this year's tournament because of a lingering wrist injury.
Harsh Mankad and Prakash Amritraj won the reverse singles to help India beat Uzbekistan 5-0 and qualify for the World Group Playoffs
Leander Paes and Prakash Amritraj gave India a 2-0 lead in the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania second round tie against Uzbekistan.
India's Davis Cup captain says it will be tough to decide the two slots between Prakash Amritraj, Harsh Mankad and him for the match against Uzbekistan.
The Indian Davis Cupper is high on confidence after reaching the quarter-finals of a Challenger event in Notttingham.
While fellow Indian Prakash Amritraj lost to Justin Gimelstob 3-6, 3-6 in the Nottingham ATP Challenger
Harsh Mankad and Prakash Amritraj registered straight set wins to advance into the quarterfinals of the Nottingham Challengers.
The trio will be in action at the $25,000 ATP Challenger, beginning in Bangalore on Monday.\n\n
The Indian Davis Cupper was beaten by Simon Greul of Germany in the ITF Futures tournament.
While top seed Aisam Qureshi of Pakistan and Prakash Amritraj moved into the second round of the ITF Men's Futures Tennis in Bangalore.
The doubles ace said the three youngsters are the future of Indian tennis.
The second singles between Prakash Amritraj and Wang Yu had to be called off for the day following repeated rain interruptions.
India captain Leander Paes and coach Nandan Bal are confident of winning the Davis Cup tie against China beginning on March 4.
Both advanced to the second round of the MSLTA-ITF Futures tournament.
India beat The Philippines 3-0 in the semi-finals. They will take on Nigeria in the final.
On a day of upsets in the ATP Challenger, the Indian ace lost to Chinese Taipei qualifier Ti Chen.
Prakash Amritraj and Harsh Mankad lost the reverse singles as The Netherlands won the Davis Cup play-off tie 5-0.
Prakash Amritraj was upset 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-1 by Phillip King of USA in the second round of the Dharwad Challenger
Amritraj was leading 5-3 in the first set when the Russian retired with an injury to his left wrist.
Amritraj, a wild card, was leading 5-3 in the first set when the Russian retired with an injury to his left wrist.
Prakash Amritraj bagged his third successive title, winning the ITF Masters crown.
'I have seen myself as nothing but an Indian,' Prakash Amritraj tells Ashish Magotra.
Prakash Amritraj lost to Mardy Fish at the ATP event in Las Vegas while Uberoi lost to Maria Vento-Kabchi in Doha
The last time an Indian made it to the final in a Challenger abroad was in 1998 when Paes won the title in Bangkok.
South Korea today wrapped up the Asia/Oceania Group 1 Davis Cup tie against India 4-1.
The ace Indian pair beat Kwon-Oh Hee and Jun Woong-Sun in the doubles match of the Davis Cup Asia-Ocenia Group I tie.
Rohan Bopanna and Prakash Amritraj lost their respective singles matches on the opening day of the Davis Cup tie against Korea
It has sought the ITF's approval to field the US-born Indian.
Japan clinched the tie 3-2 after Gouichi Motomura beat Leander Paes in the deciding rubber of the Asia-Oceania zone Group One second round tie.
He will take on Gouichi Motomura in the opening singles, while Leander Paes meets Takao Suzuki, in the Davis Cup tie against Japan, from April 9 to 11.
Mahesh Bhupathi, Prakash Amritraj, Rohan Bopanna and Harsh Mankad are the other members of the team for the April 9 - 11 tie.
Mankad is likely to be named India's number one player for the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group I first round tie against New Zealand.
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