Chandigarh, September 29, 2016: The Indian girls continued their disappointing show as they were handed out a 3-0 drubbing by fifth seed Canada in the Junior Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Finals in Budapest on Wednesday. It was their second successive defeat as on Day One they were outplayed by fourth seed Poland by 3-0 in Group B league programme..
In singles rubber Shivani Amineni of India matched Isabelle Boulais of Canada before losing the first set in tie-breaker 7-6(8). However Isabelle exploited Shivani's weaknesses and won the second set by just dropping a game 6-1. Bianca Vanessa Andreescu defeated Mahak 6-1 6-1.
Despite two sets down the doubles rubber was a close affair as both sets were decided in tie-breakers. Canadian pair of Isabelle Boulais and Layne Sleeth just managed to beat Indian combination of Shivani Amineni and Sathwika Sama 7-6(7) 7-6(4). In another group B mstch, fourth seed Poland beat Hungary by 3-0.
In Group A top sed Russia beat Belarus 3-0 and Thailand upset eighth seed Thailand by 3-0.
Results:
Junior Fed Cup
Group A: Russia (1) bt Belarus 3-0 (Anastasia Potapova (RUS) d. Katyarina Paulenka (BLR) 6-1 6-2, Olesya Pervushina (RUS) d. Anna Kubareva (BLR) 7-6(0) 6-0, Olesya Pervushina/Anastasia Potapova (RUS) d. Yuliya Hatouka/Katyarina Paulenka (BLR) 6-4 6-0).
Thailand bt Argentina (8) 2-1 (Thasaporn Naklo (THA) d. Azul Pedemonti (ARG) 6-3 6-3, Lourdes Carle (ARG) d. Watsachol Sawasdee (THA) 6-4 7-5, Thasaporn Naklo/Watsachol Sawasdee (THA) d. Lourdes Carle/Andrea Farulla (ARG) 6-3 6-2).
Group B: Poland (4) bt Hungary 3-0 (Maja Chwalinska (POL) d. Adrienn Horvath (HUN) 7-6(11) 6-0, Iga Swiatek (POL) d. Reka Zadori (HUN) 6-2 6-1, Maja Chwalinska/Iga Swiatek (POL) d. Fanni Gecsek/Adrienn Horvath (HUN) 6-1 6-2).
Canada (5) bt India 3-0 (Isabelle Boulais (CAN) d. Shivani Amineni (IND) 7-6(8) 6-1, Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (CAN) d. Mahak Jain (IND) 6-1 6-1, Isabelle Boulais/Layne Sleeth (CAN) d. Shivani Amineni/Sathwika Sama (IND) 7-6(7) 7-6(4).
Group C: Japan (3) bt Morocco 3-0 (Yuki Naito (JPN) d. Rim Benhadi (MAR) 6-0 6-0, Ayumi Miyamoto (JPN) d. Diae El Jardi (MAR) 7-6(9) 7-6(6), Yuki Naito/Naho Sato (JPN) d. Hiba Al Khalifi/Diae El Jardi (MAR) 6-0 6-1).
Great Britain (7) bt Uruguay 3-0 (Eliz Maloney (GBR) d. Agustina Cuestas (URU) 6-3 6-2, Francesca Jones (GBR) d. Lucia De Santa Ana (URU) 6-0 6-0, Francesca Jones/Nell Miller (GBR) d. Agustina Cuestas/Fernanda Secinaro (URU) 6-4 6-2).
Group D: USA (2) bt Peru 3-0 (Catherine McNally (USA) d. Dana Guzman (PER) 6-3 6-1, Amanda Anisimova (USA) d. Anastasia Iamachkine (PER) 6-3 6-2, Claire Liu/Catherine McNally (USA) d. Almudena Boza/Anastasia Iamachkine (PER) 6-3 6-1).
Czech Republic (6) bt New Zealand 3-0 (Karolina Berankova (CZE) d. Emilia Price (NZL) 6-1 6-0, Denisa Hindova (CZE) d. Tamara Anderson (NZL) 6-4 6-2, Karolina Berankova/Radka Buzkova (CZE) d. Nina Paripovich/Emilia Price (NZL) 6-2 6-1).