Updated On: 16 September, 2024 08:13 AM IST | Stockholm | PTI
It was India’s best chance to beat Sweden despite having a depleted squad but the players could not grab their opportunities. India will now compete next year in the Play-offs to keep place in World Group I

Ramkumar Ramanathan and N Sriram Balaji
Ramkumar Ramanathan and N Sriram Balaji could play well only in patches in the do-or-die doubles encounter and later Siddharth Vishwakarma lost on debut as India went down 0-4 to Sweden in the Davis Cup World Group I tie, here Sunday.
After losing both the singles on Saturday, India needed to win the third rubber to stay alive in the tie but Ramkumar and Balaji went down 3-6, 4-6 against Andre Goransson and Filip Bergevi in one hour and 19 minutes to concede an unassailable 0-3 lead.