Shuttlers smash Seychelles

Star-studded India [ Images ] handed a 5-0 thrashing to lowly Seychelles to register their second successive win and sail into the quarter-finals of the badminton team event at the Commonwealth Games [ Images ] in Melbourne [ Images ] on Friday.

The Indian shuttlers' dominance was total as they did not drop a single game; only the women's doubles pair of Jwala Gutta [ Images ] and Shruti Kurain was taken to double digits in the two games.

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Like yesterday, the Indians made light work of their opponents and smashed their way to victory.

Arup Sridhar and Saina Nehwal [ Images ] chalked out easy wins in the men's and women's singles respectively, while the men's doubles pair of Rupesh Kumar [ Images ] and Sanave Thomas [ Images ] and mixed doubles duo of Diju and Jwala faced hardly any opposition.

India had thrashed Trinidad and Tobago in their opening match on Thursday.

India now take on England [ Images ] in their last league match on Saturday and the match will decide who tops the pool.

Results: India beat Seychelles 5-0 [Anup Sridhar bt Steve Hansley Malcouzane 21-8, 21-5; Saina Nehwal bt Cynthia Denise Course 21-3, 21-5; Rupesh Kumar/Sanave Thomas bt Malcouzane/GW Cupidon 21-7, 21-12; Jwala Gutta/Shruti Kurain bt Course/Juliette Ah Wan 21-12, 21-14; Diju Valiyaveeti/Jwala Gutta bt Cupidon/Ah Wan 21-8, 21-10.]