India defeat Wales in Sudirman Cup

India trounced Wales 4-1 in their opening match of the Sudirman Cup world team badminton championships at the capital gymanasium here today.

Anup Sridhar defeated P Le Tocq 15-4, 15-4 in the first men’s singles before Trupti Murgunde doubled the lead with a 11-9, 11-0 win over H Johnson in the women’s singles.

V Diju and Jwala Gutta then combined in the mixed doubles and overcame P Le Tocq and Sullivan 15-5, 15-7 to seal the issue.

M Hughes and M Lewis gave Wales something to cheer about when they defeated Sanave Thomas and Rupesh Kumar 15-5, 4-15, 15-9 in 56 minutes.