India started in right spirit in 2016 World Championships at Kuala Lumpur. Both Girls and Boys Team won their initial rounds in their respective groups giving India best possible start.
Indian Girls Team beat Columbia 3-0 in group G. Mouma, Manika and Pooja won their matches as below:
Mouma Das beat Paula Medina 3-0 (11-2, 12-10, 11-2)
Manika Batra beat Lady Runao 3-0 (11-5, 11-4, 11-4)
Pooja Sahasrabudde beat Luisa Zuluaga 3-0 (11-4, 11-8, 11-3)
Other countries in Indian group along with Columbia are - Croatia, Nigeria, Puerto Rico and Portugal.
Boys too won their first round with Vietnam 3-0 in group F. This is how they did it:
Achanta Sharath Kamal beat Anh Tu Nguyen 3-1 (11-8, 11-6, 5-11, 11-6)
Anthony Amalraj beat Tien Dat 3-0 (12-10, 11-5, 11-6)
Harmeet Desai beat Ba Tuan Anh Doan 3-0 (11-5, 13-11, 2-10)
Other countries in group F are - Turkey, Nigeria, Switzerland and Slovak Republic.
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