India, April 13 -- India captain Vishal Uppal lamented "three hours of bad tennis" on the opening day as the decisive factor behind the team missing out on qualification for World Group Play-offs as the hosts signed off with a third-place finish in Asia/Oceania Group I of the Billie Jean King Cup, here.

India will stay in Group I as the top two teams - Thailand and Indonesia - sealed qualification.

Reflecting on a week of fluctuating fortunes, Uppal said the slow start against Thailand proved costly in a tightly-contested competition.

"The high is obviously that we beat Korea. The low is the fact that we played three hours of bad tennis at the start of the week, which has cost us.

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