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The men duo of Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty gave India a winning start by defeating Mauritius' Aatish Lubah and Christopher Jean Paul. The Indian pair disposed their opponents 21-12, 21-3 in 26 minutes.
Gold Coast [Australia]: A dominant Indian badminton team continued their unbeaten streak at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games as they advanced into the semi-finals of the mixed-team event with a 3-0 win over Mauritius on Saturday.
India will now clash with Singapore to secure a berth in the final.
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The men duo of Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty gave India a winning start by defeating Mauritius' Aatish Lubah and Christopher Jean Paul. The Indian pair disposed their opponents 21-12, 21-3 in 26 minutes. In the second team game, the women pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy beat Aurelie Allet and Nicki Chan-Lam 21-8, 21-7 in 21 minutes to give their side a 2-0 advantage over Mauritius.
World No. 2 Kidambi Srikanth then thrashed Georges Julien Paul 21-12, 21-14 to win the men's singles in 29 minutes and give India and unassailable 3-0 lead.
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