Junior Davis Cup – The Hindu

Third seed Korea defeated seventh seed India 3-0 in a Group C league match of the Asia-Oceania Junior Davis Cup under-16 boys tennis tournament at Shymkent (Kazakhstan) on Tuesday.

It was the second defeat in two matches for India, following the one against unseeded Uzbekistan. 

With both Korea and Uzbekistan registering two wins each, India was ruled out of the quarterfinals meant for the top two teams from each of the four groups.

Australia, Chinese Taipei, Japan, Hong Kong, China and host Kazakhstan were the other six teams to confirm their qualification for the quarterfinals. Like Inida, eighth seed New Zealand also lost out in the race for quarterfinals.

The top four teams will make it to the World Group stage.

The results: League: Korea bt India 3-0 (Kim Dongjae bt Prakaash Sarran 6-1, 6-2; Kim Dongmin bt Tavish Pahwa 6-3, 6-7(1), 6-2; Cho Min Hyuk & Kim Dongmin bt Tavish & Prateek Sheoran 7-6(1), 6-2)