Date:11/05/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/11/stories/2008051155681800.htm

Sport - Tennis

Indian girls finish eighth

NEW DELHI: The Indian girls lost to Japan 1-2 and finished eighth in the Asia-Oceania Junior Fed Cup girls under-16 tennis tournament in Bangkok on Saturday.

In the final, the top-seeded Uzbekistan beat China 3-0.

The results: Thailand beat India 2-1 (Peangtarn Plipuech lost to Ratnika Batra 7-5, 1-6, 4-6; Luksika Kumkhum bt Rishika Sunkara 6-2, 6-1; Luksika and Kanyapat Narattana bt Rishika and Ratnika 6-4, 6-2).

The final placings: 1. Uzbekistan, 2. China, 3. Chinese Taipei, 4. Korea, 5. Australia, 6. Japan, 7. Thailand, 8. India, 9. Indonesia, 10. New Zealand, 11. Pacific Oceania, 12. Philippines, 13. Hong Kong, 14. Singapore, 15. Kazakhstan and 16. Malaysia.