The Indian boys missed the chance to qualify for the World Group in Junior Davis Cup under-16 tennis tournament, but coach Sajid Lodi praised them for their effort and predicted a bright future for them.
Kriish Tyagi, Rethin Pranav and Aarjun Pandit were able to take India to the fifth spot behind Japan, Korea, Kazakhstan and Thailand, among 16 teams.
Japan was in India’s group. Rethin and Kriish went down fighting. It meant, India faced top seed Korea in the quarterfinals.
