Chairman of selectors Shyam Minotra said Amritraj, the highest ranked Indian on the ATP at 317, deserved to be in the team.
The rate of improvement in India is not keeping pace with the western counterparts.
Shifting of India's only ATP event from Chennai to Pune after 21 years has disappointed the Amritraj brothers.
India's challenge in the doubles at the Chennai Open ended as Vishal Uppal and Ashutosh Singh lost to Tomas Behrend and Robin Vik.
Vijay Amritraj urged tennis fans not to judge Sania Mirza's progress on a weekly basis.
Leander Paes too has been offered a wild card but not yet confirmed for the January 5 to 11 event in Chennai.
Indian Davis Cup faction revolting against the captaincy of Leander Paes have relented for the time-being, making themselves available for the tie against Japan, which will be held from April 11 in New Delhi.
Indian tennis great Vijay Amritraj said racism and personal insults have no place in broadcasting.
The Indian climbed from 467th to 335th spot in world ranking.
The United States-based players displaces Davis Cupper Rohan Bopanna.
Kiara looked stunning in a blue ensemble, while Sidharth exuded elegance in a white suit and tie.
Vijay Amritraj said Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi will still be a tough combination at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
'There has not been a single Indian player in the top 100 of the ATP rankings after Paes, which is not a happy situation,' said the former tennis ace.
Tennis legend Vijay Amritraj is waiting for the day when Indian athletes transform from underdogs to favourites.
Former Indian tennis ace Vijay Amritraj believes Sania Mirza's improvement in rankings depends entirely on her fitness. Losing out on tournaments due to lack of fitness will mean a dip in her ranking.
'He has injured his knee tendon. It is not serious and he will be fit to play in the Davis Cup,' Prakash's father Vijay Amritraj said.
India's tennis legend Vijay Amritraj said that the country needs to develop quality singles players if it wants to be in the elite group in the world.
'We were the best team in Asia at one point. Today, we are barely in the reckoning for the Davis Cup.' 'Players now, especially this decade, lack perseverance.'
Former India tennis star Vijay Amritraj says the new Davis Cup format will not affect the country much as it is still playing home and away games in Group I and not the World Group matches.
Sumit Nagal attains career-high ATP ranking of 68
Novak Djokovic's intentions in organising the ill-fated Adria Tour were good but the world number one could have applied a bit more common sense to how the exhibition event was run, former ATP players' council head Vijay Amritraj said. The Serbian has faced fierce criticism after he, Grigor Dimitrov, Borna Coric and Viktor Troicki contracted COVID-19 following the charity event in Serbia and Croatia.
Martina Hingis, Flavia Pennetta, Jelena Jankovic, Thomas Johansson and other top tennis players would cross swords when the Champions Tennis League (CTL) 2015 begins on November 23.
BCCI wants to adopt Olympic sports; Govt mulling approval to OCI athletes
Indian tennis legend Vijay Amritraj says the country needs to develop grass court players.
'After three decades of passion for our sport and playing for 1.3-plus billion Indians in the Olympics and Davis Cup, I am thrilled that my hard work has been recognised.'
Meanwhile, Sumit Nagal was trailing in his second round men's singles match against Holger Rune of Denmark, when rain led to a suspension of the contest.
The Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association was scheduled to felicitate the legendary Bjorn Borg, but the ceremony was cancelled.
The US-based Indian ace easily beat Indonesia's Prima Simpatiaji to win the ITF Satellite title.
The winner of the two-day rubber will qualify for the World Group I stage that is scheduled to take place later this year.
Akhtar Ali played eight Davis Cup ties between 1958 and 1964 and also captained and coached the Indian team.
Reader Mamta Nahar sent us these pictures from Chennai.
Sumit Nagal, who recently became the first Indian to beat a seeded player in a Grand Slam tournament, will spearhead the Indian challenge in the men's singles competition of the Chennai Open ATP Challenger 100 tournament beginning on Sunday.
Sania Mirza recently added a mixed doubles gold from the Asian Games to her three Grand Slam titles in the same category, and is ranked world No. 7 in doubles. However, Indian tennis legend Vijay Amritraj says he would have loved to see her do well in singles and fulfil her true potential.
Prakash Amritraj beat Karan Rastogi in the final to win the USD 10,000 ITF Futures men's tennis tournament.
Movie producer Ashok Amritraj maps out his American Journey in making films.
Rohan Bopanna revealed that he will bring curtains down on his Davis Cup career when the country hosts Morocco in September
On a day of upsets in the ATP Challenger, the Indian ace lost to Chinese Taipei qualifier Ti Chen.
