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India's hopes dashed

NEW DELHI: India's hopes of making it to the knockout phase was dashed as it suffered its second successive defeat in Group III in the Asia-Oceania junior Fed Cup under-16 tennis tournament in Bangkok on Tuesday.

The Indian girls lost 0-3 to third-seeded China, after having lost the opening encounter against host Thailand by a similar margin.

In fact, Poojashree Venkatesh, Sweta Solanki and Prerna Mythri have not managed to win a set between them in six rubbers so far.

The results: China beat India 3-0 (Yi-Miao Zhou bt Sweta Solanki 6-1, 7-5; Xuan-Yu Guo bt Poojashree Venkatesh 6-1, 6-2; Ni Zhou/Yi-Miao Zhou bt Prerna Mythri/Sweta Solanki 6-4, 7-6(5).

Thailand beat India 3-0 (Nicha Lertpitaksinchai bt Sweta 6-3, 6-3; Noppawan Lertcheewakarn bt Poojashree 6-3, 6-1; Noppawan/Nicha bt Sweta/Poojashree 6-4, 6-2).

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