Home > Sports > Tennis > Report

India in Asia-Oceania Jr Davis Cup final

April 30, 2004 21:16 IST

India romped into the final of the Junior Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Zone tennis championship, blanking Japan 3-0 in the semi-finals in Colombo on Friday.

The second seeds will take on top seeds Australia, who got the better of Chinese Taipei 2-1 in the other semi-final.

India proved too strong for the Japanese in the first semi-final, in the morning. Jeevan Neduncheziyan won the opening tie, beating Sho Aida 6-4, 6-0 and Rupesh Roy made the scoreline 2-0 with a 6-0, 7-5 victory over Fumiaki Kita.

The doubles combination of Roy and Sanam Singh completed the rout, beating Aida and Kita 6-1, 6-4.

Australia surprisingly met with resistance from sixth seeds Chinese Taipei in the second semi-final in the afternoon.

After Matt Symons easily beat Yao-Cheng Wang 6-4, 6-2, Todd Ley was beaten by Hsin-Han Lee 4-6, 2-6 in the second tie.

But Steven Goh  and Matt Symons combined well in the doubles to beat Hsin-Han Lee and Tung-Han Lee 6-4, 7-6(4) and clinch the issue.

This is the second time India have won a place in the World Group finals, to be played in Spain in September.

Australia, Japan and Chinese Taipei also qualified for the finals.


Article Tools
Email this article
Top emailed links
Print this article
Write us a letter
Discuss this article



Related Stories


Iciri Rai shocks third seed Khoo

India sweep Jr Davis group phase

Agassi crushed by Calleri



People Who Read This Also Read


Azlan defeat avenged: Harendra

ICC not fair to Murali: Pras

Beckham may return to England



















Copyright © 2004 rediff.com India Limited. All Rights Reserved.