HO CHI MINH (Vietnam): India rallied to start their campaign on a winning note in the ROBOT
Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships
2017, embarrassing Singapore 4-1.
Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy lost to Yong Kai Terry Hee and Wei Han Tan 21-23, 17-21 in the mixed doubles event.
But Sameer Verma beat Kean Yew Loh 21-9, 21-16 in men's singles to bring India back into the contest.
India consolidated their position as the duo of
Manu Attri and B
Sumeeth Reddy
defeated Danny Bawa Chrisnanta and Hendra Wijaya 21-12, 21-17 in men's doubles.
Rituparna Das easily got the better of Xiaoyu Liang 23-21, 21-18 in women's singles, before the pairing of
Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy, after being a set down, prevailed over Ren-Ne Ong and Jia Ying Crystal Wong 19-21, 21-17, 21-17 as India recorded a comfortable win. They will take on Korea in the next round on Thursday.
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