Busan, Oct 02: India's men and women teams made a mockery of their first round opponents to register facile straight set victories in the tennis team events of the 14th Asian Games. While the men's team spanked debutants east Timor 3-0 in a totally lop sided contest to romp into the quarter-finals, the women's team also had an easy outing thrashing lowly Mongolia by an identical margin to march into the last eight. Star player Leander Paes, who brushed aside a slight ankle injury to take the court, gave India a rousing start by whipping Matias De Souza with an effortless 6-0 6-0 verdict in a match which lasted just a little over 40 minutes to give India the lead. Rohan Bopanna, who played the second singles, also did not have to sweat much as he demolished Antonio Mendes 6-0 6-0 to give India an invincible 2-0 lead.


Bureau Report