Asian Games: Yuki Bhambri gives health certificates after lacking Davis Cup tie

New Delhi: India may have Yuki Bhambri again in doubles rivalry on the 2026 Asian Games after he supplied a health certificates to the All India Tennis Association (AITA), the governing physique for the game within the nation. Bhmabri had missed the Davis Cup Qualifying tie in opposition to South Kore in Seoul as he nursed a thigh damage. India ended up losing the tie to Korea 1-3 on Saturday.Bhambri had suffered a proper thigh pressure earlier than his US Open main-draw match and had subsequently been uncertain for the South Korea tie. Ahead of the attract Seoul, it was confirmed that he had not recovered in time for the competitors and stayed put.“He (Bhambri) is sweet to go. He has submitted his health certificates,” stated AITA’s honorary secretary Sunder Iyer to TimesofIndia.com.Bhambri and Michael Venus had exited the US Open within the first spherical, shedding 6-7, 6-7 to American duo Ryan Seggerman and Patrik Trhac.“I’m restricted in what I can do movement-wise. I can’t actually dash for drop photographs and go for lots of balls, I can not see myself lacking the Asian Games. I’ve been trying ahead to that for a few years,” Bhambri had told TOI after that loss in New York.India are sending a seven-member contingent to the Asian Games in Aichi-Neyong with Sumit Nagal spearheading the lone singles entry. N Sriram Balaji-Anirudh Chandrasekar and DK Suresh-Yuki Bhambri are the 2 males’s doubles groups with Ankita Raina/Rutuja Bhosale the ladies’s doubles workforce.

Sumit Nagal reacts after lacking some extent in opposition to South Korea’s Kwon Soonwoo throughout a Davis Cup second spherical qualifier match in Seoul. (AP)

In the Davis Cup tie, India misplaced 1-3 with N Sriram Balaji and DK Suresh choosing up the solitary rubber. Nagal and DK Suresh had misplaced each their singles matches on Friday regardless of being a arrange. On the second day, a doubles win gave India a slight glimmer of hope however that was dashed after Soonwoo Kwon swept Nagal apart 6-1, 6-3.The males’s gamers will depart for the Asian Games immediately from Seoul. The girls’s gamers, who’ve been training in Pune forward of the continental occasion, will depart on September 24.Tennis occasion is scheduled to start on September 27 on the Higashiyama Park Tennis Center in Nagoya.