‘Let me put it this way. You cannot win a Davis Cup tie solely depending on doubles. You would rather lose 1-4! But you can win a Davis Cup match with good singles performance. There are four singles matches. The bottomline is you have to win three out of five rubbers. It doesn’t matter how you do it,’ a forthright Vijay said ahead of Friday’s marquee clash.
‘I think the key element will be winning one of the first two singles on the first day. We have to win one of those ...which I think we can,’ younger of the two Amritraj brothers, said ahead of the launching of his Reserve Wine Collection with Grover Zampa Vineyards here on Thursday.
On Yuki Bhambri playing the first singles, Amritraj said he would have ideally wanted Somdev play the first match and beating the Serbia’s No 2 player.
‘I would have loved to see Som playing the first match and we go up 1-0. That would have been be the ideal script I would have liked to write.’ Yuki will open India’s Davis Cup campaign against Serbia, drawn against visiting side’s No 2 player Dusan Lajovic for the first singles match.
Amritraj also said Djokovic’s participation would have been a big question mark for India in the two singles he would have played, but with his absence it is 50-50 chance for the hosts in the tie.
‘Djokovic’s absence definitely increases our chances of winning. With him playing, where two singles would have been a question mark for us. They (Indians) are now in a position of 50 per cent chance of winning,’ he said.
‘I think the key element will be winning one of the first two singles on the first day. We have to win one of those ...which I think we can,’ younger of the two Amritraj brothers, said ahead of the launching of his Reserve Wine Collection with Grover Zampa Vineyards here on Thursday.
On Yuki Bhambri playing the first singles, Amritraj said he would have ideally wanted Somdev play the first match and beating the Serbia’s No 2 player.
‘I would have loved to see Som playing the first match and we go up 1-0. That would have been be the ideal script I would have liked to write.’ Yuki will open India’s Davis Cup campaign against Serbia, drawn against visiting side’s No 2 player Dusan Lajovic for the first singles match.
Amritraj also said Djokovic’s participation would have been a big question mark for India in the two singles he would have played, but with his absence it is 50-50 chance for the hosts in the tie.
‘Djokovic’s absence definitely increases our chances of winning. With him playing, where two singles would have been a question mark for us. They (Indians) are now in a position of 50 per cent chance of winning,’ he said.