New Delhi, Oct 19: The Indian team blanked Slovenia 5-0 in its fourth and final Group B tie at the World Junior Mixed Team Badminton Championships in Santander, Spain on Wednesday.
The mixed doubles pair of Vignesh Thathineni and Srinidhi Naryanan started the proceedings by beating Ziga Podgoresk and Spela Alic 21-11 21-9.
Ayush Shetty notched up a 21-5 21-5 win over Kevin Lin Lenarcic in the men’s singles before Nicholas Raj and Tushar Suveer sealed the tie in India’s favour with a 21-15 21-14 victory over Anel Hac Gyorkos and Mark Korosa in the men’s doubles.
Rakshita Ramraj got the better of Anja Jordan 21-4 21-4 in the women’s singles. The women’s doubles pair Shreya Balaji and Srindhi Naryanan completed the demolition with a 21-9 21-6 win over Nika Bedic and Kim Matovic.
India finished second in the Group B with three points, having beaten Iceland, Australia and Slovenia. (PTI)
