The inexperience of the Indian girls came to the fore as second-seeded Australia recorded a 3-0 victory over the host, without dropping a set, in a group ‘B' league match of the Asia-Oceania Junior Fed Cup under-16 tennis tournament here on Tuesday.
The results: Australia bt India 3-0 (Belinda Woolcock bt Jasmine KaurBajaj 6-1, 6-4; Ashleigh Barty bt Tahira Bhatti 6-4, 6-2; Brooke Rischbieth and Belinda Woolcock bt Tahira Bhatti and Snehadevi Reddy 6-2, 7-5).
Other results:Group-A: Japan bt China 3-0; Hong Kong bt Chinese Taipei 2-1. Group-B: Thailand bt Sri Lanka 3-0; Group-C: Korea bt Singapore 3-0; Indonesia bt Uzbekistan 3-0. Group-D: New Zealand bt Malaysia 3-0; Kazakhstan bt Philippines 3-0. — Special Correspondent