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Badminton
NEW DELHI, FEB. 19. Indian eves came up with a domineering performance to upset third seed Hong Kong 4-1 in the league encounter of the Uber Cup (preliminaries) Asia Zone badminton tournament at Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. The Indians, led by National champion Aparna Popat, made the 2002 Uber Cup bronze medallist look mediocre throughout the tie to come within striking distance for a berth in the finals to be held at Jakarta in May. The Indians now have two wins from three encounters and will take on the host in the final league encounter to decide the second team to qualify for the semifinals from Group X. Strong contender Japan has won all the three league matches and is favourite in tomorrow's match against Hong Kong. All the four semifinalists would join Indonesia and defending champion China in the finals. Popat, who has not lost a single match so far, thrashed Wan Ting Ling 11-3, 11-6 to give the Indians a flying start. The experienced B.R. Meenakshi then crushed Ng Ka-Shuu 11-1, 11-5 in just 25 minutes to increase the lead to 2-0. The result was confirmed beyond doubt when Trupti Murgunde stepped on to the court to send Yip Pui-Yin packing 11-9, 11-2 in 32 minutes. But the `dead rubber' syndrome seemed to catch up with the Indians in the first doubles as the pair of Shruti Kurien and Jwala Gutta surrendered to Koon Wai Chee and Li Wing Mui 6-15, 12-15. Former National champion Manjusha Kanwar then ensured that the Indians signed off in style as she teamed up with Fatima Nazneen to beat Wan Ting Ling and Mau Cheng Wang 15-5, 15-10 to complete the score-line. — PTI
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