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Wednesday, May 11, 2005

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India begins with a win over Wales

BEIJING: India trounced Wales 4-1 in its opening match of the Sudirman Cup world team badminton championships at the Capital Gymanasium here on Tuesday.

Anup Sridhar defeated P. Le Tocq 15-4, 15-4 in the first men's singles before Trupti Murgunde enhanced the lead with a 11-9, 11-0 win over H. Johnson in the women's singles.

V. Diju and Jwala Gutta overcame initial resistance to defeat P. Le Tocq and Sullivan 15-5, 15-7 to seal the issue in the mixed doubles.

M. Hughes and M. Lewis gave Wales something to cheer when they defeated Sanave Thomas and Rupesh Kumar 15-5, 4-15, 15-9 in 56 minutes.

In the final match, the women's doubles, Jwala and Shruti defeated H. Johnson and Ashworth 15-6, 15-2 in 25 minutes to round off a satisfying day for India.

Commenting on the matches, coach Hadi Sugiyanto said he was happy with the team's performance and looked forward to Wednesday's match against the United States.

``My boys and girls are in excellent spirit and we will do our best,'' the Indonesian said.

``All the team members are fully fit and confident. We have a good chance to win the next match as well,'' he said.

India, without the services of Aparna Popat, is in Group 3B along with Wales, the USA and Scotland.

China, Indonesia and Korea are the favourites for the championship proper. — PTI

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