Seoul, Sept. 18 -- India ended the opening day of their Davis Cup 2026 Qualifiers second-round tie against the Republic of Korea trailing 0-2 after Dhakshineswar Suresh and Sumit Nagal suffered defeats in their respective singles matches in Seoul on Friday, according to Olympics.com.

World No. 367 Dhakshineswar Suresh put up a strong fight before losing 6-3, 3-6, 4-6 to South Korea's world No. 157 Kwon Soon-woo in the opening rubber, which lasted two hours and five minutes.

Suresh made a bright start, breaking Kwon in the second game to take a 3-0 lead before going on to claim the first set. However, Kwon bounced back in the second set, breaking Suresh in the sixth game and forcing a decider.

The third set remained evenly poised at 2-2...