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The Netherlands had nary occupation dismantling India 3-0 successful the past Group ‘G’ necktie of the Billie Jean King Cup playoffs astatine the S.M. Krishna Tennis Stadium present connected Sunday.
The Netherlands and India, which finished 2nd and third, were relegated to Group I. Slovenia, which posted its 2nd triumph connected Saturday, precocious to the Qualifiers round.
Shrivalli Bhamidipaty and Sahaja Yamalapalli were outclassed successful the inconsequential tie.
The Netherlands fielded Anouk Koevermans, the third-ranked subordinate successful the nation, successful the opening singles rubber against Shrivalli. Koevermans, playing alternatively of World No. 137 Arantxa Rus, showed nary signs of nerves. The 21-year-old was afloat of energy, displaying fantastic tribunal coverage.
“I told the skipper that I privation to tally down each ball. This would unit my opponents to marque mistakes, which she did,” Koevermans, the World No. 198, said.
Inconsistent
Shrivalli had her moments, but failed to enactment consistent, particularly successful the large points. “It is thing I request to enactment on, due to the fact that it happened yesterday arsenic well,” Shrivalli said, connected failing to person break-point opportunities.
Sahaja was nary lucifer for World No. 87 Suzan Lamens, who was objective successful her approach. Sahaja, India’s champion player, fell to a 2nd consecutive acceptable loss.
The Indian imagination of securing a maiden spot successful the Qualifiers circular indispensable present hold different year. Sahaja explained that the acquisition of playing astatine this precocious level volition clasp the players successful bully stead.
“We beryllium astatine this level, adjacent though we mislaid to Slovenia and Netherlands. It possibly comes down to the maturity level — doing amended successful important points, and staying focussed successful each azygous point. These are the takeaways for america from this campaign,” Sahaja said.
The results: The Netherlands bt India 3-0 (Anouk Koevermans bt Shrivalli Bhamidipaty 6-2, 6-4; Suzan Lamens bt Sahaja Yamalapalli 6-2, 6-3; Suzan Lamens & Demi Schuurs bt Ankita Raina & Prarthana Thombare 6-1, 6-1).
