Commonwealth Games 2022: India to take on South Africa in badminton mixed team quarterfinals

India kicked off their campaign by blanking Pakistan 5-0 on the first day and carried the momentum on the second day as they outclassed Sri Lanka 5-0 before edging past Australia 4-1 to enter the quarters.

Ace India shuttler PV Sindhu in action during a CWG match. (Courtesy: AP)

HIGHLIGHTS

• India defeated Australia 4-1 in their final league match of mixed team event
• PV Sindhu and Kidami Srikanth comfortably won their matches against Australia
• India's quarter-final match against South Africa will take place on Sunday

India will take on South Africa in the quarter-finals of the badminton mixed team event in the ongoing Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Birmingham.

Having already secured their quarter-finals berth, the defending champions India continued their rampaging run as they defeated Australia 4-1 in their final Group A match of the mixed team competition on Saturday (July 30).

India kicked off their campaign by blanking Pakistan 5-0 on the first day and carried the momentum on the second day as they outclassed Sri Lanka 5-0 before edging past Australia to enter the quarters.

The World Championships silver medallist Kidambi Srikanth started India's fixture against Australia, defeating Lin Xiang Ying 21-14, 21-13 and handing India a 1-0 lead. The two-time Olympic medallist PS Sindhu doubled India's advantage as she beat Chen Wendy Hsuan-Yu 21-10, 21-12.

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India took an unassailable 3-0 lead over Australia, with B. Sumeeth Reddy and Chirag Shetty sending off Tran Hoang Pham and Jack Yu 21-16, 21-19 in the men's doubles match.

Australia pulled one back in the losing cause as Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen and Gronya Somerville defeated Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand 21-13, 21-19 in the women's doubles match.

India then finished off the day by winning the last match of the fixture, with B. Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa beating Ying Xiang Lin and Gronya Somerville 21-14, 21-11.

India will take on South Africa in the quarter-finals on Sunday. The match will begin at 5.30 pm IST.

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