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Mixed fortunes for India

NEW DELHI, April 30: Indian boys began on a rousing note thrashing the Philippines 3-0 but the girls lost both their opening ties in the NEC...

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NEW DELHI, April 30: Indian boys began on a rousing note thrashing the Philippines 3-0 but the girls lost both their opening ties in the NEC World Youth Cup Tennis Championship currently being played in Hiroshima.The Indian boys have New Zealand as the third team in their group. The boys teams have been lodged in four groups.

The Indian girls are bracketed with Uzbekistan, New Zealand, Korea, Malaysia and Japan in the two-group affair.

Kamala Kannan, Akshay Vishal Rao and Karan Doctor made up the boys team while Radhika Tulpule, Shruti Dhawan and Sonal Phadke comprises the girls squad.

Results

Boys: India bt Philippines 3-0 Akshay Vishal Rao bt Ronald Paz 6-2 6-2; Kamala Kannan bt Joseph Victorino 6-1 6-1; Karan Doctor amp; AV Rao bt Juan Vicente Cruz amp; Paz 6-1 6-2

Girls: Uzbekistan bt India 2-1 Luiza Bikyakova lost to Radhika Tulpule 3-6 1-6; Iroda Tulyaganova bt Shruti Dhawan 6-2 7-5; Luiza amp; Iroda bt Shruti amp; Radhika

New Zealand bt India 2-1 Victoria Beck bt Radhika 6-3 6-2; GoranaMarzic bt Shruti 6-4 1-6 6-3; Jene Ioba amp; Victoria lost to Shruti amp; Sonal Phadke 6-4, 5-7, 4-6

 

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