The world s No 1 doubles player not playing for U S Davis Cup team? American journalist and author hits out at Rajeev Ram s exclusion from US Davis Cup team featuring Taylor Fritz Frances Tiafoe Jack Sock and Tommy Paul
"The world’s No.1 doubles player not playing for U.S. Davis Cup team?" - American journalist and author hits out at Rajeev Ram's exclusion from US Davis Cup team featuring Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe, Jack Sock and Tommy Paul Rajeev Ram excluded from Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe, Jack Sock and Tommy Paul US Davis Cup team American sports journalist Jon Wertheim expressed his displeasure at the preference of , , Jack Sock and Tommy Paul over doubles World No. 1 Rajeev Ram in the US Davis Cup team. The journalist was of the opinion that the seemingly preposterous decision needs to be highlighted. He took to social media to express his views. “Have we, as a tennis community, made enough of the fact the world’s No.1 doubles player is eligible and not playing for U.S. Davis Cup team? Indiana bias here, but Rajeev Ram was done clay court dirty,” he tweeted. Have we, as a tennis community, made enough of the fact the world’s No.1 doubles player is eligible and not playing for U.S. team? Indiana bias here, but was done clay court dirty ..Have we, as a tennis community, made enough of the fact the world’s No.1 doubles player is eligible and not playing for U.S. team? Indiana bias here, but was done clay court dirty .. Ram, the 2022 US Open men’s doubles Grand Slam champion, also collected two other titles this season at the Monte Carlo Masters and the Cincinnati Masters. He featured alongside Fritz, Paul and Sock in the Davis Cup tie in September, where the US team scored victories over Great Britain and Kazakhstan to make the final-8. His addition, however, was made after 2022 US Open semifinalist Tiafoe withdrew from the initial squad assembled by team captain Mardy Fish. With Tiafoe now confirmed for participation in the finals, Ram has been excluded from the US Davis Cup team.