India pull off stunning win in Davis Cup

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Chennai: In a stunning turnaround, Somdev Devvarman and Rohan Bopanna powered India to the elite Davis Cup World Group by scripting a sensational 3-2 win over Brazil in the play-off tie on Sunday.

Making amends for their opening-day defeats, Somdev and Bopanna downed their higher-ranked rivals in a do-or-die situation and led India to its first ever win in a Davis Cup tie from a 0-2 deficit.

Sweden has the most 0-2 comeback wins in the Davis Cup history with five victories and only once a team has won a final from 0-2 scoreline when Australia defeated USA in 1939.

A dominant Somdev led 7-6 (3), 4-0 before world number 27 Thomaz Bellucci conceded the first revesre singles, failing to negotiate hot and humid conditions and thus allowing India to level the tie 2-2.

Text: PTI

Images: AFP

In Image: Indian tennis player Somdev Devvarman returns the ball to Brazilian opponent Thomaz Bellucci during their reverse singles match in the Davis Cup World Group play-off tie between India and Brazil at the Nungambakkam tennis stadium in Chennai on September 19, 2010.