| World Group, 2010 1st Round |
| Small Sports Arena "Luzhniki" - Moscow, Russia Stadium Capacity: 6,380 05 March - 07 March 2010 Day 1: 13.00 hrs (10.00 hrs GMT) Day 2: 14.00 hrs (11.00 hrs GMT) Day 3: 13.00 hrs (10.00 hrs GMT) Surface: Hard (RuKortHard) - Indoors Ball Type: Head ATP |
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| Russia | 0 | 0 | India |
| R1 - I.ANDREEV (RUS) v. S.DEVVARMAN (IND) | |||
| R2 - M.YOUZHNY (RUS) v. R.BOPANNA (IND) | |||
| R3 - T.GABASHVILI / I.KUNITSYN (RUS) v. M.BHUPATHI / L.PAES (IND) | |||
| R4 - M.YOUZHNY (RUS) v. S.DEVVARMAN (IND) | |||
| R5 - I.ANDREEV (RUS) v. R.BOPANNA (IND) | |||
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TICKET INFORMATION
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TIE PREVIEW
| Home advantage has proved crucial in previous meetings between Russia and India. The most recent match-up, played on grass in New Delhi in 1986, ended 4-1 in favour of India, giving the Asian nation a 2-1 lead in their head-to-head series. Russia has been crowned champion twice, in 2002 and 2006. On both occasions, Marat Safin, who retired from professional tennis at the end of 2009, played in the singles and doubles rubbers. In 2009, Russia defeated Romania 4-1 but, playing in Tel Aviv, lost by the same score line to Israel in the quarterfinals. India, whose last appearance in the World Group was in 1998, booked its place in the elite 16 with victory over Chinese Taipei and then South Africa in the play-offs. India has never won the title although has finished runner-up on three occasions, in 1966, 1974 and 1987. |
ALL TIME TEAM HEAD TO HEAD
| 1 | Total | 2 |
| 1 | Clay | 0 |
| 0 | Grass | 1 |
| 0 | Hard | 0 |
| 0 | Carpet | 0 |
| 0 | Unknown | 1 |
| 0 | Indoors | 0 |
| 1 | Outdoors | 1 |
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