India Make Winning Start At Badminton World Junior Championships
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. Ayush Shetty and Tara Shah further extended India's lead with dominant show in their respective singles matches. In the boys' singles match, Ayush displayed his skills to register an impressive 21-6 21-3 win over Daniel Akavi, while Tara showcased her class and just took 14 minutes to beat Te Pa O Te Rangi Tupa 21-3 21-6 in girls singles.
