The situation of Indian tennis has been pathetic for a while, and the nation’s drop to Davis Cup World Group 2 has made matters worse. India was demoted to World Group 2 for the first time after losing to Denmark 3-2 on the road earlier this month.
Leander Paes, a tennis legend, expressed his concern about the current level of Indian tennis and predicted that it would take “better than half a decade” to lift the standard.
The Davis Cup player with a record of 45 doubles wins remarked, “I feel that it’s going to take a few years, until the Davis Cup squad gets some significant talent.”
Indian tennis’ decline was apparent during the Australian Open last month when, for the first time since 2017, no player from the country could make the cut to compete in the qualification round of a Grand Slam.
“I feel quite saddened in a way that we don’t have one player in the singles ranking in the top 300.” “I don’t think that’s ever happened,” said the Olympic
bronze medalist