Davis Cup: India vs Spain

In the fading light of Delhi, the stage was set—Rafa, just months past a wrist injury, returned with Marc López to face Indian doubles legend Leander Paes and Syketh Myneni. Having witnessed Federer’s elegance and Djokovic’s precision battle each other; that night, the circle closed, and the trinity was complete before my eyes.

The Spaniards stumbled, then soared, turning loss into victory with a resilience only sport can script.

But the match was only half the story. The other half was mine—the way a lens became a key, unlocking gates and slipping me past thirty watchful policemen, until I stood courtside, breath and shutter in sync. The photographs that follow are not just images of a game, but echoes of that improbable journey—where chance, persistence, and spectacle converged.

Sometimes the lens takes you further than the ticket ever could. After all, sport is fleeting; photographs are its afterlife.