CWG 2022: Indian badminton team defeats Australia 4-1 in mixed team event, confirm quarter-finals berth

Indian badminton team scored another victory in the group match of the Commonwealth Games 2022 by thrashing Australia 4-1 in their mixed team event to enter the quarter-final on Saturday.

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Srikanth Kidambi drew first blood against Ying Xiang Lin of Australia as he clinched the opening game of the fixture by 21-14. In the second game, Kidambi continued his winning form and clinched the game by the score line of 21-14, and 21-13.

In the next match of the fixture, double Olympics medallist PV Sindhu defeated Australia’s Wendy Chen in straight games by 21-10 and 21-12. India go 2-0 up in the mixed team events.

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The third match of the fixture saw the Indian duo of Sumeeth Reddy and Chirag Shetty defeat Australian pair Jack Yu and Tran Hoang Pham in straight sets 21-16, 21-19. The Indian duo gave India an unassailable 3-0 lead against Australia in the mixed team event.

In the fourth match of the tie, the Indian duo of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand suffer defeat against Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen and Gronya Somerville by 13-21, 19-21.

Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa beat Ying Xiang Lin and Gronya Somerville of Australia 21-14, 21-11 in the mixed doubles to hand India a 4-1 win in the tie.