BANGKOK, DEC 11: India's hopes of team tennis event gold went up in smoke as Prahlad Srinath and Mahesh Bhupathi bowed down to big serving Japanese in the semifinals of the competition at the 13th Asian Games here today.However, being a losing semifinalists India will get a bronze.
Praising Srinath, Mukherjea said the way he started he should have wrapped the match in straight sets but he lost a few points in the second and that sealed his fate. ``It is such points that make all the difference,'' said the Infdian non-playing captain.
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