Feliciano Lopez leaves no room for surprise and give Spain the first point

Feliciano Lopez today left no room for surprise at the ground breaking of Rafael Nadal and gave Spain the first point of the tie in the World Group of the Davis Cup by winning the Indian number two, Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 in 2 hours and 25 minutes.

Feliciano, who had to replace a physical indisposition Nadal breaking the Mallorcan tennis player, won his greatest seniority ranking and not to give a chance to his rival, 21 and number 203 in the world.

If the low Nadal had opened a window of hope for the Indian team, Feliciano Lopez was responsible for confirming close 1-0 for Spain.

It only took five sets to Feliciano confirm that the absence of Nadal marked a change of actors but not libretto in the RK Khanna Stadium Delhi, packed in its 5,000 seats for an audience that was eager to see play number four world but he cheered for their presence in the Spanish bank.

The world number 26 came up with the premise of maintaining a steady pace aware of the enormous wear awaited by the humidity and heat of the Delhi court, appealing to their usual network game and waiting for the error of his rival.

With the 'break' and confirmation of service, Feliciano noted in 40 minutes the first sleeve.

Without giving room for his rival, tespañol began the second set with a quick break service for young Ramanathan weighed like a millstone.

The Indian, grown for five years on the tennis courts of Barcelona , appealed to his good serve to keep the face, but was unable to embarrass his opponent in the second set, in which Feliciano threw ex officio and remove.

The local did manage to do it and convincingly in the third set, which showed its best face: good service and more effective intensity that allowed him to break his opponent's serve in the eighth game.

The Spanish tennis player had their chances to wipe away the downside, but the effort took its toll and let out several easy points at the net when he tried to wrest the serve Indian and finished paying for it with the loss of the set.

Lopez did not want to scare pass away and took care to let him see Ramanathan, who broke serve in the opening of the fourth set. Advantageously again and the pressure on the local player, substitute Nadal only had to wait for the set to fall mature and also the first point of the tie.