India and Italy was on the battle ground to qualify the Davis Cup that held in Calcutta South Club. However, India not played well on opening day though Italy lived up to its prestige to win both the Singles in the David Cup. Andreas Seppi experienced some early hiccups before getting past RamKumar Ramathan in the opening rubber, hence 22- year-old Matteo Barrettini made a winning Davis Cup debut, cursing past India number one Prajnesh Gunneswaran Italy will go into the second final day with a lot more confidence as Italians were class apart with their display on a surface