The Indian men's team will next face hosts Indonesia on Monday in the quarterfinals.
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Games 2018 : The Indian badminton team, led by Kidambi Srikanth,
made a resounding start to its campaign at the 18th Asian Games,
thrashing minnows Maldives 3-0 in the opening match of the team
competition here today.
World
No 8. Srikanth brushed aside Maldives' Hussein Zayan Shaheed Zaki
21-4 21-5 in 18 minutes to give India a 1-0 lead.
World
No. 11 H S Prannoy then took 21 minutes to outclass Mohamed Sarim
21-8 21-6 and make it 2-0 in India's favour.
B
Sai Praneeth, who had clinched the 2017 Singapore Open, then ended
the challenge of Mohamed Ajfan Rasheed in just 22 minutes with a 21-7
21-8 demolition as India wrapped up the contest 3-0.
The
Indian men's team will next face hosts Indonesia tomorrow in the
quarterfinals.
Indonesia,
who received a first-round bye, boasts of good players such as
Jonathan Christie and Anthony Sinisuka Ginting in the singles, while
their doubles line-up comprise World No. 1 Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and World No. 9 Fajar Alfian and Muhammad
Rian Ardianto.
The
women's team, led by Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu, will play
formidable Japan in the quarterfinals after receiving a bye in the
opening round.
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