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Indian girls grab third place

NEW DELHI MAY 19. The Indian girls finished third, beating the fifth-seeded Korea 3-0, in the 14-nation Asia-Ocenia Junior (under-16) Fed Cup tennis tournament which concluded in Jakarta on Sunday.

India had qualified for the World Group competition, by making the top four in the tournament. The event was won by Chinese Taipei as it beat China 2-1 in the final.

Incidentally, the Indian girls under-14 team had also finished third in Jakarta, a week earlier.

The Indian boys under-14 team had won the title in Colombo, and it is left to the Indian under-16 boys team to round up the fine effort of the junior teams with a qualifier's spot in Kuala Lumpur this week.

The results:

Final: Chinese Taipei bt China 2-1 (Yi Chen bt Quan Gao 6-4, 7-6 (8-6); Wen-Hsin Hsu lost to Rui Du 3-6, 1-6; I-Hui Chang and Yi Chen bt Quan Gao and Rui Du 7-6 (7-5), 6-3).

Third place: India bt Korea 3-0 (Ankita Bhambri bt Jae-Hee Joung 6-3, 6-1; Sania Mirza bt So-Jung Kim 7-5, 7-5; Ankita and Sania bt Jae-Hee Joung and So-Jung Kim 7-5, 6-4).

Final placings: Chinese Taipei, China, India, Korea, Indonesia, Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, Uzbekistan, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka and Philippines.

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