India’s No.1 singles player Somdev Dev Varman and doubles top gun Rohan Bopanna have given the latest appointee to the country’s Davis Cup squad – non-playing captain Anand Amritraj – the thumbs up. The former ace, ranked as high as No. 74 in singles and 24 in doubles in the 70s, will take over the reins for India’s next assignment,the Asia Oceania Group I opener against Chinese Taipei to be played in Indore in January. The 61-year-old Anand,a onetime chess prodigy who went on to win 12 doubles titles on the ATP Tour,most of them in tandem with younger brother Vijay, is widely acknowledged as a keen tennis brain.
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