Dhaksineshwar Suresh will join Sumit Nagal and Karan Singh to play singles as India take on The Netherlands in the Davis Cup 2026 qualifiers which will be played at the SM Krishna Tennis Stadium in Bengaluru on February 7-8.
In what is an indicator of where talent is coming from, four athletes from Roundglass Tennis Academy, Yuki Bhambri, Sumit Nagal, Karan Singh and Digvijay Singh were named in India’s Davis Cup squad. While Yuki, Sumit and Karan are named in the playing squad, Digvijay has been named in the reserves list.
India number 1 and World Number 279, Sumit Nagal recently joined Roundglass Tennis Academy at what is an ambitious high-performance tennis ecosystem in the country. Experienced Yuki Bhambri is most likely to partner Rithvik Bollipalli in doubles. While Karan made his Davis Cup debut last year against Togo in the World Group I play-offs at the DLTA Complex in New Delhi in February, winning his singles match, Suresh who played on the American NCAA circuit and had a bunch of promising results to back his big game, is a name to look forward to.
India reached the 2026 Qualifiers by defeating Switzerland 3-1 in the Davis Cup 2025 World Group I tie in Biel in September. This will be India’s first Davis Cup Qualifiers appearance since the tournament format was revamped in 2019. The win over the Swiss was India’s first time beating a European nation in Europe since 1993 with Sumit winning both his singles rubbers.
Besides the four on the DC squad, the Roundglass Tennis Academy in Chandigarh has been home to former India women’s singles No.1 Karman Kaur Thandi, and India’s current junior No.1 Hitesh Chauhan and No.4 Arjun Rathi.
India Squad for Davis Cup 2026 Qualifiers:
Players: Sumit Nagal, Karan Singh, Yuki Bhambri, Dhakshineswar Suresh, Rithvik Bollipalli
Reserves: Aryan Shah, Aniruddh Chandrashekhar, Digvijay Singh.
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