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CHANDIGARH -- With the spotlight completely on the pairing of Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna, the Davis Cup tie seems to have been reduced to little more than a footnote. Indias non-playing Davis Cup captain Anand Amritraj, is certainly not amused. The way things are going here, youd think there are only two players. Lets not act like the doubles pair can win or lose the tie. The two most important players are Ramkumar (Ramanathan) and Saketh (Myneni) but theyve been left alone without anybody paying any attention to them, he said.Whats worrying for Amritraj is that both of Indias singles players, Ramkumar and Saketh, have never featured in a live Davis Cup tie or a five-set match. Our teams are quite new. Both the boys have never played a live Davis Cup rubber or five sets. Thats what Im worried about. So we are complete novices to the Davis Cup game in that sense which is a concern. It will also be about the kind of nerves they show on Friday.Following the heavy downpour on Wednesday and Thursday, the grass courts were expected to resemble water bodies. Thanks to hydro soppers and a battery of enthusiastic ground staff working overtime, the courts looked in a fairly decent shape. If Saketh or Ramkumar can win or one of them can win on the first day then the doubles comes into play. Basically Im relying on my singles players. In doubles Im taking it as a given that they would beat the Koreans on grass in India. I think we are slight favourites, he added.This will only be the second instance in eight years that India will be hosting a Davis Cup tie on grass. India hosted a grass court tie in 2008 against Japan in New Delhi, which they went on to win. Explaining the rationale behind the decision of choosing the unlikely surface, Amritraj said, I was home in Los Angeles in March, watching the tie between Korea and New Zealand, which Korea went on to win. I thought to myself why not give these boys something different to think about. I called Zeeshan first and then Saketh, Yuki and Rohan and they were all in favour of it. It will be much tougher to beat them on hard court. In grass you cannot have more than three or four rallies and it favours the more aggressive player.Hyun-Jin Ryu Jersey . The 15th-ranked Canadian men lost the opening two games of their European tour: 19-15 to No. 17 Georgia and 21-20 to No. Kirk Gibson Dodgers Jersey . MORITZ, Switzerland -- Fog prevented downhill racers from getting their Olympic dress rehearsal. http://www.ladodgersprostore.us/Justin-Turner-dodgers-jersey/ . -- New England Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis is retiring after a 16-year career to become the goalie coach for the Los Angeles Galaxy. Kirk Gibson Womens Jersey . The 27-year-old Scrivens will be joining his third NHL club since signing with the Toronto Maple Leafs as a free agent in 2010. The move also reunites with him with head coach Dallas Eakins from their time together with the American Hockey Leagues Toronto Marlies. Clayton Kershaw Dodgers Jersey .7 million, one-year contract, a raise of $2.2 million. Wieters had asked for $8.75 million and the Orioles had offered $6.Angelique Kerber took another step to ousting Serena Williams as world No.1 as she reached the quarterfinals of the Western & Southern Open quarterfinals.The German will replace Williams -- absent from this tournament due to a shoulder injury - at the top of the WTA rankings if she wins the Cincinnati title and on Thursday she reached the last eight with a 7-6 (5), 6-4 victory over Barbora Strycova.She next faces Carla Suarez Navarro, who beat Roberta Vinci 6-1, 7-5, while fourth seed Garbine Muguruza must tackle qualifier Timea Babos.Reigning French Open champion Muguruza defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-5, 6-1 at the Lindner Fammily Tennis Center, with Babos shocking Dominika Cibulkova by recovering to triumph 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.ddddddddddddBritish No.1 Johanna Konta started brightly against Agnieszka Radwanska but surrendered her grip on the match to lose 6-7 (1), 6-4, 6-0. Radwanska next meets third seed Simona Halep following the Romanians comfortable 6-1, 6-2 victory over Daria Gavrilova.The remaining quarterfinal will see Karolina Pliskova face Svetlana Kuznetsova after their respective wins over Misaki Doi and Timea Bacsinszky. ' ' '