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Indian boys in jr Davis Cup finals

May 06, 2003 16:38 IST

India's three-member boys' team qualified for the junior Davis Cup tennis finals after finishing third in the Asia-Oceania zonal qualifiers in Jakarta last week.

India defeated Chinese Taipei 2-1 in the play-off match for the third-fourth places to finish behind hosts Indonesia and Korea in the zonal qualifying event, which was held from April 29 to May 4.

Sumir Prakash Gupta went down to Chia-Chu Lien 6-2, 1-6, 4-6 in the opening singles before Rupesh Roy levelled the scores for India with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 victory over Huai-En Chang in the second.

Roy and Gupta then defeated Lien and Chin-Yu Huang in the doubles match, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4, to put India through to the 16-nation finals to be held in Germany in September.

Fourteen nations participated in the zonal competition from where the top four team qualified for the finals. The teams were split into groups of four, with teams topping their respective groups making it to the knock-out stages.

India topped Group 4 after defeating Uzbekistan 2-1 and Pakistan 3-0. They then lost to Korea in the semi-finals 1-2.


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