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CHANDIGARH -- With the spotlight completely on the pairing of Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna, the Davis Cup tie seems to have been reduced to little more than a footnote. Cheap Carolina Panthers Jerseys . Indias non-playing Davis Cup captain Anand Amritraj, is certainly not amused. The way things are going here, youd think there are only two players. Lets not act like the doubles pair can win or lose the tie. The two most important players are Ramkumar (Ramanathan) and Saketh (Myneni) but theyve been left alone without anybody paying any attention to them, he said.Whats worrying for Amritraj is that both of Indias singles players, Ramkumar and Saketh, have never featured in a live Davis Cup tie or a five-set match. Our teams are quite new. Both the boys have never played a live Davis Cup rubber or five sets. Thats what Im worried about. So we are complete novices to the Davis Cup game in that sense which is a concern. It will also be about the kind of nerves they show on Friday.Following the heavy downpour on Wednesday and Thursday, the grass courts were expected to resemble water bodies. Thanks to hydro soppers and a battery of enthusiastic ground staff working overtime, the courts looked in a fairly decent shape. If Saketh or Ramkumar can win or one of them can win on the first day then the doubles comes into play. Basically Im relying on my singles players. In doubles Im taking it as a given that they would beat the Koreans on grass in India. I think we are slight favourites, he added.This will only be the second instance in eight years that India will be hosting a Davis Cup tie on grass. India hosted a grass court tie in 2008 against Japan in New Delhi, which they went on to win. Explaining the rationale behind the decision of choosing the unlikely surface, Amritraj said, I was home in Los Angeles in March, watching the tie between Korea and New Zealand, which Korea went on to win. I thought to myself why not give these boys something different to think about. I called Zeeshan first and then Saketh, Yuki and Rohan and they were all in favour of it. It will be much tougher to beat them on hard court. In grass you cannot have more than three or four rallies and it favours the more aggressive player. Cheap Houston Texans Jerseys .J. -- Josh Cribbs was in the Pro Bowl in February and out of a job six months later. cheap nfl jerseys . After dropping their final six games of December, the Wild opened the new calendar year with four consecutive wins. Following a loss to Colorado on Saturday, Minnesota rebounded the following night to blank Nashville 4-0, but then had the tables turned on them Tuesday. https:///...eland-browns-jerseys . The FA rejected Wilsheres appeal that the length of his punishment was "clearly excessive" and said Thursday his suspension begins with immediate effect. He will miss league matches against Chelsea on Monday and West Ham on Dec. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The New York Giants failed to find a running game with a crowded backfield last season, and the numbers are worse in training camp.Rashad Jennings, Shane Vereen, Andre Williams and Orleans Darkwa have been joined by fifth-round draft pick Paul Perkins, veteran Bobby Rainey and free agent Marshaun Coprich in the competition to make the roster.Doling out the carries is not easy, and the running backs need to put them to good use.With a little more than a week to go until the preseason opener against the Miami Dolphins at MetLife Stadium, Jennings seems to have the inside track on being the No. 1 back.The eight-year veteran finished last season strong and led the Giants with career highs of 863 yards rushing on 195 attempts, a 4.4 yard average.However, it marked the third straight year New York failed to generate a 1,000-yard rusher, and the fourth in the past five. The Giants rushing totals in missing the playoffs the past four seasons have been 1,609, 1,603, 1,332 and 1,862 yards.Running backs coach Craig Johnson doesnt want a running game by committee. He would rather have one back get hot and ride him.Thats what happened with Jennings late last season.We allowed him to do some stuff, Johnson said. Were going to see if we can find the rhythm with a pair and maybe a third guy and, obviously, if it was like we finished the year, like Rashad finished, that would take care of a lot of problems. At the end of the year, he was probably playing as well as any back in football.If the running game can get going, that would take some of the pressure off Eli Manning and the receivers, who carried the offense.Getting the running game going is going to take some time and help from the line, which has all five starters back.Jennings isnt worried about having limited carries with so many backs in camp.Every play is its own play, he said. Its a brand new play, a brand new situation, a brand new down and distance, its a brand new culture of that play. How to fit in the triangles with the pass, howw to fit in the gap scheme in the zone on everything that youre doing so when youre in, youre just taking advantage of the play that youre in and being fully 100 percent on where your feet are at per play. cheap jerseys from china. Vereen, who took over the role as the third-down back last season and had 59 catches for 494 yards and four touchdowns, isnt worried about the numbers game.I like having a lot of guys in the room because everyone has a different style and everyone brings something new to the table so you can learn a lot from that, he said.Perkins might have the most to learn. The former UCLA product missed most of the organized team activities while finishing school, so he is playing catch-up.Coach Ben McAdoo was impressed with his effort on special teams on Wednesday. Johnson said he is smart and picking things up.Ive seen flashes, which is always a good thing you want to see out of a young player like him, Johnson said. Hes made a couple of nice catches. Hes had a couple of good bursts at the line of scrimmage. Like a lot of rookies, hes unsure, hes a little hesitant. But thats what happens when you have all the things that are going on with a rookie.Williams, who led the team in rushing in 2014 with 721 yards, is coming off a so-so-season and needs to pick up his game.Game notes WR Odell Beckham Jr. did some jogging on Wednesday and is getting closer to returning after Mondays lower leg injury, when he was cleated on a pass play. ... First-round draft pick Eli Apple still has a nasty habit of grabbing receivers in coverage. Cornerbacks coach Tim Walton said they are working on that, using post-practice video to point out what would be flags in the NFL. The more he does it, the more he gets comfortable with it, Walton said. ... TE Matt LaCosse left practice to his right knee examined after a catch, and later returned.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '
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