Thomas and Uber Cup: Indian shuttlers taste success on Day 2 (Second Lead)
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Thomas and Uber Cup: Indian shuttlers taste success on Day 2 (Second Lead)
Bangkok May 21 (IANS) Indian shuttlers enjoyed a successful outing at the Thomas and Uber Cup as both the men s and women s teams hammered their Australian counterparts here on Monday.
While the men s team whitewashed Australia 5-0 the eves outclassed their opponents 4-1 earlier in the day.
In the men s singles clash World No. 9 H.S. Prannoy handed a straight game defeat to Anthony Joe. Prannoy took 32 minutes to beat his opponent 21-19 21-13 to hand India 1-0 lead.
Arjun M.R. and Ramchandran Shlok followed Prannoy to beat Australia s duo of Sawan Serasinghe and Matthew Chau 21-11 21-15 in the 27-minute affair of men s doubles game.
In an another men s single match B Sai Praneeth took just 20 minutes to outplay Jacob Schueler 21-9 21-6 providing India a 3-0 lead.
Arun George and Sanyam Shukla handed India an unassailable 4-0 lead as the pair got the better of Simon Wing and Raymond Tam 21-16 20-22 21-8 in the 43-minute long affair of men s double game.
In the fifth and final game Lakshya Sen wrapped up the proceedings on a winning note as he registered a 21-5 21-14 win over Kai Chen Teoh in the men s single issue to help India whitewash Australia 5-0.
Earlier in the day the India women s badminton team also came all guns blazing to thrash Australia 4-1 in the second group match of the tournament.
Barring the women s doubles match the Indian team led by ace shuttler Saina Nehwal won all their matches.
Saina kicked off the proceedings with a straight game win over Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen. She outclassed her opponent 21-14 21-19 in the 35-minute opening match and provide India a 1-0 lead.
However Australia equalised the issue in the women s doubles affair as Gronya Somerville and Renuga Veeran defeated Meghana Jakkampudi and Poorvisha S Ram 21-13 21-16 within half an hour.
In an another women s singles match Vaishnavi Reddy Jakka bought back India in the contest as she hammered Jennifer Tam 21-17 21-13.
Later another women s pair comprising Sanyogita Ghorpade and Prajakta Sawant extended India s lead by beating Louisa Ma and Ann-Louise Slee 21-19 21-11 in the second doubles match.
19-year-old Anura Prabhudesai finally sealed the issue for India 4-1 as she got the better of Zecily Fung 21-6 21-7 in just 18 minutes.
India will now face top seeds from Japan on Wednesday.
In other clashes of the day Japan s women and Malaysia s and China s men s teams all secured 5-0 victories in the tournament.
--IANS kk/vm
While the men s team whitewashed Australia 5-0 the eves outclassed their opponents 4-1 earlier in the day.
In the men s singles clash World No. 9 H.S. Prannoy handed a straight game defeat to Anthony Joe. Prannoy took 32 minutes to beat his opponent 21-19 21-13 to hand India 1-0 lead.
Arjun M.R. and Ramchandran Shlok followed Prannoy to beat Australia s duo of Sawan Serasinghe and Matthew Chau 21-11 21-15 in the 27-minute affair of men s doubles game.
In an another men s single match B Sai Praneeth took just 20 minutes to outplay Jacob Schueler 21-9 21-6 providing India a 3-0 lead.
Arun George and Sanyam Shukla handed India an unassailable 4-0 lead as the pair got the better of Simon Wing and Raymond Tam 21-16 20-22 21-8 in the 43-minute long affair of men s double game.
In the fifth and final game Lakshya Sen wrapped up the proceedings on a winning note as he registered a 21-5 21-14 win over Kai Chen Teoh in the men s single issue to help India whitewash Australia 5-0.
Earlier in the day the India women s badminton team also came all guns blazing to thrash Australia 4-1 in the second group match of the tournament.
Barring the women s doubles match the Indian team led by ace shuttler Saina Nehwal won all their matches.
Saina kicked off the proceedings with a straight game win over Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen. She outclassed her opponent 21-14 21-19 in the 35-minute opening match and provide India a 1-0 lead.
However Australia equalised the issue in the women s doubles affair as Gronya Somerville and Renuga Veeran defeated Meghana Jakkampudi and Poorvisha S Ram 21-13 21-16 within half an hour.
In an another women s singles match Vaishnavi Reddy Jakka bought back India in the contest as she hammered Jennifer Tam 21-17 21-13.
Later another women s pair comprising Sanyogita Ghorpade and Prajakta Sawant extended India s lead by beating Louisa Ma and Ann-Louise Slee 21-19 21-11 in the second doubles match.
19-year-old Anura Prabhudesai finally sealed the issue for India 4-1 as she got the better of Zecily Fung 21-6 21-7 in just 18 minutes.
India will now face top seeds from Japan on Wednesday.
In other clashes of the day Japan s women and Malaysia s and China s men s teams all secured 5-0 victories in the tournament.
--IANS kk/vm
