Vaidehi Chaudhari laid the inspiration for India’s dominant efficiency.
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Shrivalli Bhamidipaty starred in India’s victory.
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Kamesh Srinivasan
Shrivalli Bhamidipaty performed a spell-binding sport for greater than two hours and a half to beat Hong Yi Cody Wong 7-6(6), 2-6, 6-3 to clinch the tie for India towards Hong Kong within the Asia-Oceania Billie Jean King Cup girls’s tennis championship on the Balewadi Stadium on Thursday.
Taking part in with out the providers of the highest participant Sahaja Yamalapalli, the crew was on shaky floor. Shrivalli needed to step up because the No.1 participant and he or she did so in model, taking her explosive sport to a unique stage, a lot to the delight of the cheering followers.
Earlier, Vaidehi Chaudhari taking part in her first rubber within the occasion, overcame spells of nervous play to beat Ho Ching Wu 7-6(8), 6-1 in a contest that additionally spanned greater than two hours.
Cody Wong was a a lot superior opponent and had the athleticism, craft and drop pictures that teased Shrivalli proper by the match.
It was braveness backed by a superior sport that helped Shrivalli win her third match within the present championship, from which the highest two groups will qualify for the play-off.
India will play Taiwan on Friday and Korea thereafter.
Although India gained the tie towards Hong Kong by clinching each the singles matches, the doubles needed to be performed, as each rubber, set and sport would depend in the direction of rating the groups ultimately within the spherical robin league format.
After loss to New Zealand 1-2, India had executed nicely to beat Thailand 2-1 on Wednesday.
The outcomes (league): India bt Hong Kong 3-0 (Vaidehi Chaudhari bt Ho Ching Wu 7-6(8), 6-1; Shrivalli Bhamidipaty bt Hong Yi Cody Wong 7-6(6), 2-6, 6-3; Ankita Raina & Prarthana Thombare misplaced to Eudice Chong & Hong Yi Cody Wong 7-6(2), 3-6, [11-13]).).
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