PUNE: India's outgoing Davis Cup tennis captain Anand Amritraj on Sunday sounded extremely pleased with the 4-1 victory over New Zealand to progress to the second round of the Asia Oceania Group I and said it exceeded expectations. I am so happy that I picked him to play singles especially that Saket (Myneni) could not play . I am very pleased with his performance and hope he gives better and better performance for India. It was a great tie for us and the country," the 22-year-old player said. "In my eight ties as captain we won five and lost three to Serbia, Czech Republic and Spain who were all better teams than us.

Source: Times of India February 05, 2017 16:52 UTC