New Delhi: Chetan Anand shepherded the
Indian men`s team to a 5-0 rout of Cambodia but the women
shuttlers went down to Japan 1-4 despite Saina Nehwal`s
victory over Ai Goto in the Thomas and Uber Cup Asia Zone
qualifiers in Nakornratchasima, Thailand on Tuesday.
Chetan did not face much difficulties in outplaying
Chanpisey Vann 21-11, 21-10 in the first match to set the tone
for a drubbing and Arvind Bhatt then blanked Veasna Troeung
21-4, 21-9 in a lop-sided encounter to go 2-0 up in the Thomas
Cup match.
The Cambodians could hardly build any resistance when
Indian pair of V Diju and Jishnu Sanyal crushed Mesa Vandy and
Puthicheat Chindet 21-7, 21-9 to further swell the lead.
Sophors Suon surrendered to Anup Sridhar 9-21, 13-21 in
the fourth match and then Sanave Thomas-Rupesh Kumar beat
Troeung-Vann 21-10, 21-8 in fifth match to complete their
second victory in the prestigious badminton tournament.
Indian men`s team had scripted a 5-0 whitewash against
Sri Lanka in their tournament opener yesterday.
In Uber Cup, Saina bagged the first game against Goto
21-13 and was leading 1-0 in the second when the Japanese
retired from the match giving the world number seven Indian
the win.
However, the other members of the Indian team squandered
the early advantage and lost all the remaining matches.
Aparna Balan and Shruti Kurian were beaten 18-21, 21-17,
14-21 by the Japanese pair of Mami Naito and Shizuka Matsuo in
the second match, while national champion Trupti Murgunde was
drubbed 16-21, 19-21 by Sayaka Sato in the next clash.
India`s top doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini
Ponnappa also failed to live upto expectations as Japan
widened the gap with Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna handing
them a 21-13, 13-21, 21-12 defeat.
Eriko Hirose drubbed India`s Gayatri Vartak 21-12, 21-7 in
the fifth match to round off a comfortable win.
Indian women had beaten formidable Hong Kong 3-2
yesterday.
PTI
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