India off to a flyer

India’s Kidambi Srikanth defeated Netherlands’ Joran Kweekel 21-12, 21-14 in a Thomas Cup tie on Sunday

The Indian men's badminton team blanked lower-ranked Netherlands 5-0 in its opening Group C tie to make a winning start at the Thomas Cup Final here.

Taking the court first, Kidambi Srikanth beat Joran Kweekel 21-12, 21-14 in a men's singles clash on Sunday before the doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty sailed past the Dutch pair of Ruben Jille and Ties van der Lecq 21-19, 21-12 to hand India a 2-0 advantage.

B Sai Praneeth then demolished Robin Mesman 21-4, 21-12 to give India an unassailable 3-0 lead. MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila next defeated Andy Buijk and Brian Wassink 21-12, 21-13 in the second doubles tie before Sameer Verma made the clean sweep, beating Gijs Duijs 21-6, 21-11 in the third and final singles match.

India's men's team will next play Tahiti in the Thomas Cup on Tuesday.

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