Davis Cup: The Davis Cup 2026 match being played between India and South Korea in Seoul has now reached a very exciting and decisive turn. The Indian team has trailed 0-2 on the first day of the ongoing tournament. Now the doubles and reverse singles matches to be held on September 19 are going to be do or die for India. To remain in this tournament, India will have to win tomorrow’s match at any cost. Davis Cup is called the World Cup of tennis. This match between India and South Korea is a qualifier match for the second round of Davis Cup 2026. The team that wins this match will directly make it to the Final-8 to be held in Bologna, Italy in November.
The onus is on Balaji-Poonacha pair in the match on 19th September.
The doubles match will be played on September 19, in which the Indian pair of N Sriram Balaji and Nikki Kalyanda Pooncha will face Nam Ji-sung and Park Ui-sung of South Korea. If India has to remain in the race for the tournament, then all three matches (1 doubles and 2 reverse singles) to be held on Saturday will have to be won at any cost. If India loses the first doubles match on Saturday, South Korea will qualify for the next round by winning the entire series 3-0. If India wins the doubles match, then two reverse singles matches will be played between players from the two countries.
Compared to 19 September
N Sriram Balaji/Nikki Poonacha vs Uisung Park/Jisung Nam
Sumit Nagal vs Kwon Soon-woo
Dakshineswar Suresh vs Hyeon Chung
When and where to watch live matches?
Tennis fans in India can watch the live telecast of this match on 19th September for absolutely free on VETO OTT app on their smartphones or smart TVs. The doubles match will start at 8:30 am Indian time on September 19.
DK Suresh and Sumit Nagal lost on the first day
In both the singles matches played on Friday, the Indian players made a great start and won the first set, but in the end the Korean players made a strong comeback and won the match. In the first match, India’s DK Suresh faced Korea’s Kwon Soon-woo. Suresh showed excellent performance and won the first set 6-3. However, after this Kwon Soon-woo made a comeback taking advantage of his experience and gave the first blow to India by winning the next two sets 6-3, 6-4.
In the second match, India’s top singles player Sumit Nagal faced Chung Hyeon. Nagal dominated the first set and won it 6-2. After this, Chung Hyeon showed aggressive play and won the next set by 6-4 and after a tough match in the deciding set, he defeated Nagal 7-5 and left India behind by 0-2.