India’s Yuki Bhambri is a doubtful starter for the upcoming Davis Cup tie against Korea in Seoul after suffering a right-leg strain during practice ahead of his US Open main draw match. Bhambri did not travel to Seoul with the first batch of Indian players that left on Thursday night, adding uncertainty over his availability for the crucial tie, where the winner will seal place in elite 8-team Davis Cup Finals. The 32-year-old termed the injury a minor strain and assured that there was no threat to his Asian Games participation later this month.
This is a minor strain. Bhambri is being monitored on a day-to-day basis and is consulting the Indian Davis Cup team support staff, including Debashish Das and Yash Pandey, to assess his recovery.
There is no timeline set for my recovery but there is nothing major,” Bhambri told PTI.
“This (strain) happened before the main draw match during practice.
“I am competing in the Asian Games one hundred percent. Siddharth Rawat and Arnav Paparkar are reserve players in the squad but they are singles players. He already has a Korea visa.
We will see if we can recover for Davis Cup,” he said. Left-handed Anirudh Chandrasekar has already been asked to link up with the squad in Seoul as per captain Rohit Rajpal’s request, according to AITA sources.
