Sumit Nagal keeps himself away from the Davis Cup
India's top-ranked singles Due to his absence from the team's forthcoming Davis Cup World Group I play-off match against Togo, which is scheduled for February in New Delhi, Sumit Nagal is still not playing for his country.
Mukund Sasikumar (368), Ramkumar Ramanathan (393), Karan Singh (473), and doubles No. 3 and No. 4 N Sriram Balaji (65) and Rithvik Bollipalli (72) are among the next-highest rated singles players in the roster announced on Friday.
There was a stir when Nagal and other top professionals from the nation, like Mukund and Yuki Bhambri, withdrew from India's last Davis Cup match, an away defeat to Sweden earlier this year.
AITA said that Nagal, the lone Indian in the top 100 in singles, had wanted financial compensation to attend the Davis Cup, despite his citing physical concerns as the reason for his withdrawal. As "standard practice," Nagal had supported that.
