Bopanna, Amritraj to launch India's campaign

Bopanna will play Hee-Seok Chung in the opening singles and Amritraj faces Hyung-Taik Lee in the second rubber.

Rohan Bopanna and Prakash Amritraj will launch India's Davis Cup campaign against Korea in the Asia-Oceania Group I first round tie in Changwon, Korea, from Friday.

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Bopanna will play Hee-Seok Chung in the opening singles and Amritraj faces Hyung-Taik Lee in the second rubber, after the draw was made at Changwon Municipal Tennis courts on Thursday.

Captian Leander Paes will partner Mahesh Bhupathi, who is fresh from his mixed doubles title win in Australian Open, to make a strong doubles challenge against Oh-Hee Kwon and Woong-Sun Jun in the doubles on Saturday.

The reverse singles will be played on Sunday with Amritraj set to play Chung in the final match.

India have retained the team that lost to Sweden in the World Group playoff at Delhi in 2005.

The matches will be shown LIVE on Zee Sports.

The schedule:

Friday, from 10.30 hrs (7.00 am IST):

Hee-Seok Chung v Rohan Bopanna

Hyung-Taik Lee v Prakash Amritraj

Saturday, from 13.00 hrs (9.30 am IST)

Oh-Hee Kwon/Woong-Sun Jun v Leander Paes/Mahesh Bhupathi

Sunday, from 10.30 hrs (7.00 am IST)

Hyung-Taik Lee v Rohan Bopanna