Zeel Desai defeated 15-year-old Anu-Vjin Gantor in straight sets during her Billie Jean King Cup debut, and Sahaja Yamalapalli followed suit, winning the Asia/Oceania Group I match against Mongolia without dropping a game on Friday. India had a dominant day at work. Before Sahaja Yamlapalli defeated 32-year-old Jargal Altansarnai by the same score in 42 minutes at DLTA Complex, Zeel easily defeated her opponent 6-0 6-0 in just 37 minutes. Since the unranked opposing players lacked the game to harm them, it was little more than a light-hearted hitting session for the home guys.
India's prospects of placing in the top two were harmed with the loss against Thailand. In the six-team competition, the top two teams go to the playoffs, while the bottom two are demoted to Group II.
Vishal Uppal, the captain of India, didn't mind sending in Desai, giving her some match practice, given Gantor's inexperience and the team's one victory in the competition thus far.
The unranked Gantor is obviously not yet prepared to compete at this level. She still has a lot to learn, but these setbacks can also be discouraging. Lack of options could be the only reason to place an undercooked player at this level.The teenage Mongolian appeared to have given up and had no desire to fight. The balls constantly sailed outside the lines, making it a boring game that she was unable to return correctly.
Given that they must defeat Korea on Saturday and Mongolia in this match in order to maintain their hopes of making the playoffs, the India camp won't be complaining.
Later on, Sahaja won without any trouble either. There was absolutely no battle, thus the story was the same. Jargal struggled to win a game, let alone put the 385-ranked Indian to the test.