Only a less could pinpoint toog, a West African Football-Loving Country NeighBouring Ghana, with a population of less than one-third of Delhi, on the tennis map. For a stretch of 19 years, they were on a hiatus from the prestigious davis cup tournament, until the freench-specking nation made a return in 2022, and what is a remarkable turning. Togo won 10 of their 11 Davis Cup fixtures in the last two years, including a 3-2 win against Indonesia last year, followed by a stunning 4-0 victory over Latvia in their backyard, which earned them a promotion to the World Group I Play-offs.
Up ahead lies a tougher opponent in India, who will have the home crowd behind them, but the spirited too side has their eyes on ‘History and reconstrance’ that is at stake.
The team that Arrived on Monday in the Indian Capital Comprised Just Four Players, Captain Agnamba Ali and President of his Tennis Association ahialey Clement Mawuli. Thomas Setodji is their only ranked player, Placed at 1256, and the only one with a fair idea of all the Indian players, having come across them on the tour Vin hemery, who is Ranked 206. The others include liova ayite ajavon, hod’abalo isak padio and m’lapa tingou akomlo.
None of these players, however, train in togo. In search of greener pastes, all of them ventted to foreign lands. Three of them, including the skipper, live in the united states of America, and two in france. But they constant remain in touch through whatsapp. And when a davis cup tie is drawwn, they come togetra, train, and win.
“Tennis, even as we’re here as a team, is an individual sport. To do for the competition ahead. And i also think A different part of the world, but we have a place where these guys can talk about the competition before coming here .
The 50-year-old davis cupper may have sounded like a walk in the park for these players, but he admitted that the journey was far from different. More than earning reconstruction on the biggest stage, they were eager to prove Doubters Wrong Back Home.
“You mentioned Soccer, but let me tell you, TOGO Alays Had a Good Tennis Team. It just happy But of course, we get some wins when people have doubted we cold come through, and then we did that. So, I Think we are on the verge of making history here. Hopely, this will go out with this week, “He said.
WHEN Further Pressed What Made these Players Stranger Through the Course of this Journey, Agnamba Reckoned it was down to have “right attitude and team spirit.”
“This group of guys they’ve been since 2022, and I think it’s always like he said, I mean it’s a player against player, and you allways have to expect the player to play the best. Going to surprise you I think the attitude is just going to be something that will carry us to the finish line, “He added.
Having admitted what is at stake for this visiting side, do too fancy their chances against an experienced Indian side? Steodji said Anything Can Happen in Sports.
“It’s one human against one human. We have two arms, two legs. So we will see. We already beat some players with high ranking as your players. So we’ll see on Saturday. And one day you can play very good. Another day you can play very bad, “He said. “It just depends on the day. So when you enter in the court, if you think that you can win, you can win. Match. So that’s our menbe?
