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India to host Spain under floodlights
NEW DELHI: In their endeavour to bring more fans to the stadium for watching the Indian Davis Cup team in action against formidable Spain, the DLTA has decided to
NEW DELHI: In their endeavour to bring more fans to the stadium for watching the Indian Davis Cup team in action against formidable Spain, the DLTA has decided to conduct the World Group play-off tie in September under flood lights.
The two singles matches on the opening day (September 16, Friday), will begin at 5pm while the doubles rubber will start at 7pm, the next day at the DLTA complex. The two reverse singles on the final day of tie will again start at 5pm.
The decision was taken at a recent DLTA executive meeting.
The singles matches during the World Group play-off tie against Serbia, held in September 2014, had begun at 3pm, so it can easily be said that this will be India’ s first ever tie, where the matches will begin so late in the evening.
“We want fans to come and cheer for the Indian players. We deliberated upon the idea how to bring more people to tennis stadium. We have kept those people in mind who have to attend offices during the day. They should not miss this opportunity to watch Indiana swell Spanish tennis stars in action,” a DLTA official said.
