Indian women made a stupendous start to their campaign at the Uber Cup badminton tournament by thrashing Australia 5-0 here on Monday. 74 Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen, notched up a 22-20, 21-14 win to give India a 1-0 lead. In the opening singles, Saina had opened a 5-0 lead early on but Chen narrowed it down to 7-8. 8 Saina Nehwal started the proceedings for India and after a brief struggle against World No. Saina, however, had the last laugh as she grabbed two points from 20-20 to pocket the first game.

Source: The Hindu May 16, 2016 13:26 UTC