Billie Jean King Cup : India pip Chinese Taipei 2-1
Rutuja Bhosale, ranked 379th in the world, gave India a winning start by beating Hao-Ching Chang 6-3, 6-2 in one hour and 21 minutes.
Rutuja Bhosale, ranked 379th in the world, gave India a winning start by beating Hao-Ching Chang 6-3, 6-2 in one hour and 21 minutes.
The Indian team comprising veteran Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran caved as all of them lost their matches.
Six teams - India, Iran, Japan, Korea, Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong are taking part in the Asian Championships. The top two teams after the single-legged round-robin league will meet in the final on Friday.
India overwhelmed Chinese Taipei 11-0 to storm into the semi-finals of Women’s Junior Hockey Asia Cup in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, Japan on Thursday.
Meanwhile, minister of youth affairs and sports Kiren Rijiju took to Twitter to congratulate the Indian team.
Taiwan democratised in the 1990s and entered the world bodies and events like the World Trade Organisation and Olympics as “Chinese Taipei”.
Taiwan on Thursday expressed deep disappointment over Indian flag carrier Air India's decision to refer to self-ruled Taiwan as Chinese Taipei, saying the move can be seen as a gesture of succumbing to the "unreasonable and absurd pressure" from China.
The government on Thursday strongly defended national carrier Air India’s decision to rename Taiwan as Chinese Taipei on its website,…
The Indian state-owned carrier is the latest to join international airlines in changing the name of the self-governed island after China's civil aviation authority issued a formal communication to them.
Sunil led from the front with a hat-trick as hosts India flexed their muscles and outplayed Chinese Taipei.
