{"id":329620,"date":"2025-12-05T15:05:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T15:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/329620\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T15:05:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T15:05:10","slug":"india-vs-netherlands-tennis-qualifiers-to-be-held-in-bengaluru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/329620\/","title":{"rendered":"India vs Netherlands tennis qualifiers to be held in Bengaluru"},"content":{"rendered":"

India\u2019s Davis Cup 2026 qualifiers tie against the Netherlands will be held on the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association (KSLTA) courts in Bengaluru on February 7-8, the All India Tennis Association (AITA) announced on Friday.<\/p>\n

The Billie Jean King Cup play-offs, co-hosted by India last month, were also held in\u00a0Bengaluru.<\/p>\n

Bengaluru enjoys a rich Davis Cup legacy, having hosted several tennis<\/a> ties over the decades. The city has been the venue for India\u2019s encounters against Australia in 1970, Sweden in 1985, Indonesia in 2013, Serbia in 2014 and Uzbekistan in 2017.<\/p>\n

The Indian tennis<\/a> team, ranked No. 33 in the Davis Cup, has reached the finals three times (1966, 1974 and 1987).\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Indian team secured its place in the 2026 qualifiers with a convincing 3-1 victory over Switzerland in September, marking its first win over a European team since 1993.<\/p>\n

Led by Sumit Nagal and Dhakshineswar Suresh, the performance also marked India\u2019s strongest result since the competition format changed in 2019.<\/p>\n

In the upcoming tie, India will face the Netherlands, currently ranked No. 4 in the Davis Cup and the runners-up last year.<\/p>\n

As the 2024 finalists, the Netherlands earned direct entry into the 2026 qualifiers.<\/p>\n

India and the Netherlands are among 27 teams in the qualifiers, with the 13 winners, along with Spain, progressing to September\u2019s second round.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Spain are the top seeds in the 2026 qualifiers draw and receive a bye to the second round. The losers will be relegated to World Group I.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The teams progressing past both stages of the qualifiers will join hosts Italy for the 2026 Davis Cup Final 8 to be played in November next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"India\u2019s Davis Cup 2026 qualifiers tie against the Netherlands will be held on the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-329620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}