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At u-14 Asia-Oceania Final Qualfying, Kutching, Malaysia (WJT boys)

Group A
(5) INDIA bt NEW ZEALAND 2-1
Sahil DESHMUKH bt Connor HEAP 61 62
Garvit BATRA l Kyle BUTTERS 63 67(4) 64
Sahil DESHMUKH/ Sumit NAGAL bt Kyle BUTTERS/ Kiranpal PANNU 6-2 6-0

(5) INDIA bt SYRIA 3-0
Sumit NAGAL bt Hazem NAW 62 61
Garvit BATRA bt Kareem AL-ALLAF 61 60
Sahil DESHMUKH/ Sumit NAGAL bt Kareem AL-ALLAF/ Hazem NAW 62 61

(5) INDIA bt (4) China 2-1
Sahil DESHMUKH bt Su-Hao ZHONG 64 63
Sumit NAGAL bt Xu-Fan ZHOU 76(5) 76(3)
Indians gave a walkover to Chinese pair in doubles.

Indian team is 5th seed and they r in Group D with #4 China, New Zealand and Syria.

In 1st match India defeated New Zealand winning decider doubles rubber after Sahil gave them wining start in the 1st rubber.

In 2nd match our team had easier outing against Syrian team ... They lost only 7 games in 3 matches against them.

In 3rd match Indians upset higher seeded Chinese to qualify for quarters as top team from Group D ... Sahil won his match rather easily but Sumit played excellent match to won both sets in tie-break ... In quarters they r facing 6th seed Thai team.