{"id":23215,"date":"2015-09-20T06:46:45","date_gmt":"2015-09-20T06:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=23215"},"modified":"2015-09-20T06:46:45","modified_gmt":"2015-09-20T06:46:45","slug":"davis-cup-favourites-paes-bopanna-lose-to-pavlasek-radek-to-give-czech-2-1-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=23215","title":{"rendered":"Davis Cup: Favourites Paes-Bopanna lose to Pavlasek-Radek to give Czech 2-1 lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-4180\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/leanderpaes.jpg\" alt=\"leanderpaes\" width=\"213\" height=\"160\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" \/>New Delhi:<\/strong> It was an unforgettable day for Indian tennis fans as the much fancied pair of Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna lost their doubles tie to Adam Pavlasek and Radek Stepanek 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 to give Czech Republic a 2-1 lead in the Davis Cup World Group Play-off here at the RK Khanna Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Friday, Somdev Devvarman had brought cheers on Indian faces as he had outplayed World No. 40 Jiri Vesely 7-6, 6-4, 6-3 in India&rsquo;s second tie of the Davis Cup World Group play-off against the Czech team after Yuki Bhambri had lost the first rubber against Lukas Rosol.<\/p>\n<p>The defeat in doubles now leaves Somdev and Yuki with a daunting task as they have to win their respective reverse singles on Sunday if India are to re-enter the elite 16-nation World Group. 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