India make winning start to World Junior Championships

Tara Shah

Indian shuttlers registered a dominating 5-0 victory over Cook Islands to make a winning start to their campaign in the mixed team event of the BWF World Junior Championships in Spokane, USA.

The mixed doubles pair of Sathwik Reddy Kanapuram and Vaishnavi Khadkekar provided India a winning start, beating Kaiyin Mataio and Tereapii Akavi with a resounding 21-6, 21-8 victory.

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In the boys singles match, Ayush registered a 21-6, 21-3 win over Daniel Akavi, while Tara just took 14 minutes to beat Te Pa O Te Rangi Tupa 21-3, 21-6 in girls singles.

Later, the pair of Nicholas and Tushar defeated Emanuela Mataio and Kaiyin Mataio 21-9, 21-5 in the boys doubles match. The girls doubles duo of Radhika Sharma and Tanvi Sharma clinched a 21-4, 21-7 win over Tereapii Akavi and Vaitea Crocombe-ama.

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