India on Sunday had a fruitful day in the qualifying rounds of the world badminton championships in Seville with the mixed doubles and men's doubles teams winning their matches with ease. At the San Pablo indoor stadium, the two mixed doubles pairs progressed into the third round of the qualifying draw while the men's doubles combination of Jaseel Ismail and Markose Bristow made it to the second round.
In the first round of the mixed doubles, V Diju and P V V Lakshmi outclassed Pavlos Charalambidis and Christina Mavromatidou of Greece 15-6 15-1 and then in the second round, they had to struggle a bit before overcoming the Kazakh pair of Anuar Musafirov and Saule Kustavletova 15-11 15-7. The pair of Jaseel Ismail and Madhumita Bisht, who received a bye in the opening round were stretched all the way by Iceland duo of Helgi Johannesson and Vigdis Asgeirsdottir before scraping through to a 15-13 10-15 15-5 win.
In the men's doubles, Ismail, partnering Markose Bristow had no problems in disposing off the us pair of Bob Malaythong and Trisna Gunadi 15-8 15-9.
Bureau Report