Indonesia loses to India in Fed Cup<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): India brought Indonesia back to earth at the
\nwomen's Fed Cup Asia\/Oceania Group One tennis tournament in
\nBangkok on Thursday with a 3-0 win in their group A match.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's second singles choice Irawati Moerid Iskandar, a
\nreplacement for out-of-form Liza Andriyani, lost to Uzma Khan 4-
\n6, 2-6. The Indians settled the issue after their number one
\nplayer Nirupama Vaidyanathan breezed past Wynne Prakusya 6-3, 6-
\n2.<\/p>\n
India completed the drubbing, a solid partnership of
\nVaidyanathan and Saijayalakshmy outplaying Irawati and Liza 6-2,
\n7-6 (7-3).<\/p>\n
It was the second defeat for Indonesia, which now must win its
\nlast match against Uzbekistan, a 3-0 loser to host Thailand on
\nThursday. Another defeat will relegate Indonesia to Group Two for
\nnext season.<\/p>\n
Deputy secretary general of the Indonesian Tennis Association
\n(Pelti) Benny Mailili said he had expected the loss. \"But I'm
\nsurprised that we were blanked. We should have won the second
\nsingles match,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Benny said he could not understand why the team's non-playing
\ncaptain Yayuk Basuki dropped Liza from the singles match,\" he
\nsaid. (yan)<\/p>",
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