Sports Bureau

Top seed Korea gained each the singles matches with out dropping a set to scotch India’s hopes within the quarterfinals of the Asia-Oceania Junior Davis Cup under-16 tennis match in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, on Thursday.

Moobeeb Kim beat Rethin Pranav 7-6(2), 6-1 within the opening singles. Donghyun Hwang dropped 5 video games in beating Kriish Tyagi within the second match. Korea gave a walkover within the inconsequential doubles.

The second seeded India will play Australia within the positional play-off for the 5-Eighth locations. Kazakhstan, Thailand and Japan had been the opposite groups that made it to the semifinals. All the highest 4 groups certified for the World Group competitors to be staged later in Europe.

The outcomes (quarterfinals):

Korea bt India 2-1 (Moobeeb Kim bt Rethin Pranav 7-6(2), 6-1; Donghyun Hwang bt Kriish Tyagi 6-2, 6-3; Yeonsu Jeong & Moobeeb Kim misplaced to Aarjun Pandit & Kriish Tyagi w.o.).