SAKETH MYNENI

Saketh Myneni returns to the Davis Cup squad for the World Group play-off tie against Serbia to be played on indoor clay at the Kraljevo Sports Venue in Serbia from September 14 to 16.

A four-member team will be nominated on the day of the draw as it will be a normal tie with matches on a best of five sets format over three days, featuring four singles and a doubles.

Quallifier Saketh Myneni continued to assert his all-court game as he downed former World No.8 and top seed Mikhail Youzhny of Russia 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the pre-quarterfinals of the $125,000 Challenger tennis tournament in Kazakhstan on Wednesday.

The 30-year-old Saketh had lost to Youzhny in their only previous meeting in the Chennai Open last year. It may be recalled that the 36-year-old Youzhny, ranked a modest 105 now, had beaten Rafael Nadal 6-0, 6-1 in the final of the Chennai Open in 2008. He had beaten Marin Cilic for the loss of five games in the semifinals, then.