New Delhi:
Young shuttlers P Kashyap and Aditi Mutatkar breezed through their respective matches as India continued their rampaging run in the individual event of the Commonwealth Games' badminton tournament on Sunday.
Pune girl Aditi took 17 minutes to make short work of Sri Lankan Subodha Kumari 21-14 21-7, while Kashyap saw off Jamaican Pyne CCS 21-5 21-12 in another clash at the Siri Fort Sports Complex.
Mixed doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and V Diju also stormed into the next round, spanking Jamaican duo of Henry Gareth Andre Theodore and Kristal Karjohn Fayonne 21-13 21-8 in a 14-minute match.
Sanave Thomas and Aparna Balan also started on a positive note, beating Nigerian combo of Fagbemi Ebenezar Olaoluwa and Braimah Hajara Maria 21-10 21-8 to reach the next round.
Aditi had a shaky start as she allowed the Sri Lankan to open a 5-2 lead but the Indian soon clawed back at 9-8 and after surviving some anxious moments, made the score 16-13 before pocketing the game.
In the next game, she didn't give Subodha any chance and moved to 11-4 at the break and held her fort to claim an easy win.
Kashyap too didn't face much of a challenge from the Jamaican.
"It was a kind of easy match. I played a lot of strokes and I had a good rhythm going. In the second game I played a lot of cross court shots and taps and it gave me good points. The next match will be tougher. I hope to do well," he said.
Jwala-Diju, meanwhile, took some giant strides as they moved from 6-4 to 13-8 and 18-10 before wrapping it up 21-13 in the first game.
The second game was no different as the Indian duo jumped to a 6-2 lead before moving to 11-6 at the break, and grabbed six straight points to widen the gap to 18-7.
"We played very freely and our shots were also coming good. When you play team events there is an amount of pressure which comes from the sense of responsibility. So it was different and it was lighter. We hope to continue our good run," Jwala said.