Ankita Raina performed arduous however couldn’t cease Japan from registering a 3-0 victory within the league match of the Asia-Oceania Billie Jean King Cup ladies’s tennis event in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Friday.
Ankita went down preventing 2-6, 7-5, 3-6 to the 136th ranked Uchijima.
Japan was comfortably on high of the desk among the many six groups, competing on a round-robin format. China beat Thailand 3-0 to maintain its qualification aspirations alive after having been shocked by Korea earlier.
India will play Korea within the final league match. Having crushed Thailand and Uzbekistan, India stays secure within the group, and can be taking part in for pleasure towards Korea, which has a barely higher document when it comes to units and video games.
The outcomes (league):
Japan bt India 3-0 (Mai Hontama bt Rutuja Bhosale 6-1, 6-0; Moyuka Uchijima bt Ankita Raina 6-2, 5-7, 6-3; Shuko Aoyama & Eri Hozumi bt Vaidehi Chaudhari & Sahaja Yamalapalli 6-3, 6-4).