India’s tale of woes continues

Top Korean Hyung-Taik Lee made an easy work of Davis Cupper Syed Fazaluddin and then combined with Yoon to beat the Indian pair of Nitin Kirtane and Fazaluddin to result in a 3-0 whitewash of the hosts.

In the women’s event, both Shruti Dhawan and Sai Jayalakshmi squandered early leads to hand China an easy win.

India, who had lost to Thailand in their first encounter on Tuesday in the three-team event, were condemned to third place without a single point.Thailand and China will play an inconsequential rubber on Friday after a day’s rest on Thursday.

Coming here soon after a heartbreaking loss in the final of the ATP World Doubles Championship in Bangalore, Bhupathi looked out of sorts and struggled with his returns.

Results: Men (round-robin): Korea bt India 3-0 Yong-Il Yoon (Kor) bt Mahesh Bhupathi (Ind) 6-3, 6-4; Hyung-Taik Lee (Kor) bt Syed Fazaluddin (Ind) 6-3, 6-3; Hyung-Taik Lee/ Yong-Il Yoon (Kor) bt Syed Fazaluddin/ Nitin Kirtane (Ind) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2.

Women (round-robin): China bt India 3-0 Tian-Tian Sun (Chn) bt Shruti Dhawan (Ind) 6-2, 6-4; Li Na (Chn) bt Sai Jayalakshmi (Ind) 6-2, 7-5; Li Na/ Li Ting bt (Chn) Rushmi Chakravarthy/ Manisha Malhotra (Ind) 7-6 (7-4), 6-1.