Indian Juniors finish fourth in Junior Davis Cup

Indian Juniors finished 4th in the Junior Davis Cup Tennis after loosing to Russia in the World Finals in Mexico.Richard Muzaev beat Saurabh 6-1, 6-0 to put his team ahead but then Yuki Bhambri once again brought Indian back in the contention winning his singles match.

Yuki beat Mikhail Biryukov 6-0, 6-4 to draw parity.

However, the Indian combine of Yuki and Saurabh then squandered the one-set lead in the decisive doubles rubber to lose 6-4, 5-7, 3-6 to Russian pair of Richard and Mikhail.

Well, this is heartening news when given where our seniors are in the Davis Cup scene

India loses to USA in the Semi finals of Junior Davis Cup

Indian team’s hopes of annexing its first junior Davis Cup title win went up in smoke after it was blanked 0-3 by the United States in the semifinals in Mexico on Sunday.

As usual, a lot depended on Delhi’s Yuki Bhambri but this time talented teenager, despite fighting valiantly, could not notch up a win.

After Saurabh Singh lost the first singles, Yuki stepped on the court in a must-win situation.

However, it was not the first time that the 15-year-old player was facing such a situation. In the Group stage — against Mexico and Great Britain — Yuki had found himself in similar position twice and had delivered.

This time though he could not pull it off for India.

In the match between the number two players, Saurabh was comprehensively beaten by Evan King, who pummeled the Indian 6-2, 6-0 to give the United States a perfect start.

Yuki then lost to Denis Kudla 4-6, 7-6(6), 4-6, which made the doubles match a dead rubber.

The Indian combine of Saurabh and V S Abhishek then went down fighting 3-6, 6-3, 4-6 against King and Raymond Sarmiento.

India had topped Group D to qualify for the semifinals.