New Delhi, Sept. 3 -- India will look to end a near six-decade wait for a maiden Davis Cup title when it takes on South Korea in the second round of the 2026 Qualifiers on September 18-19 at the Olympic Tennis Centre in Seoul, with a place in the Final 8 in Bologna on the line.

India have reached the Davis Cup final three timles in 1966, 1974 and 1987, without lifting the trophy, and have never advanced to the Final 8 under the competition's current format, introduced in 2019, according to a release.

The team's lineage runs through a set of players who built the country's tennis identity on the international stage: Ramanathan Krishnan, whose 50-19 singles record remains the best by an Indian; Vijay Amritraj, who played 17 years for Indi...