Badminton News: The young Indian badminton team made an impressive start to the team event at the 2023 World Junior Championships or Suhandinata Cup after registering a crushing victory over the weak Cook Islands team with a score of 5 -0.

In the first mixed doubles match, the Bollywood team managed to take a 1-0 lead after the pair of Sathwik Reddy Kanapuran / Vaishnavi Khadkekar managed to beat Cook Islands representatives Kaiyin Mataio / Tereapii Akavi with two pretty easy back-to-back games with a score of 21-6 and 21-8 in just 13 minutes.

Ayush Shetty’s men’s singles then put the team 2-0 ahead after beating Cook Islands representative Daniel Akavi in ​​two straight games with a score of 21-6 and 21-3 in 17 minutes.

In women’s singles, Tara Shah, who featured in the third match, ensured the Indian team won 3-0 by defeating Cook Islands representative Te Pa O Te Rangi Tupa with a fairly easy straight game with a score of 21-3. and 21-4 in just 14 minutes.

In the fourth match of the men’s doubles, Nicholas Raj/Tushar Suveer pair then increased the team’s lead to 5-0 with a victory over Cook Islands representatives, brother and sister pair Emanuela Mataio/Kaiyin Mataio in two fairly easy consecutive matches with a score of 21-9 and 21-5 in 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, in the final women’s doubles match, India managed to secure a thumping 5-0 victory thanks to sister pair Radhika Sharma/Tanvi Sharma, who defeated Cook Islands representatives Tereapii Akavi/Vaitea Crocombe Ama in two fairly easy straight games. matches with a score of 21-4 and 21-7 in 16 minutes.

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