Indian eves made a stupendous start to their campaign at the Uber Cup badminton tournament by thrashing Australia 5-0 here on Monday.
The Indian eves, who had created history by clinching the bronze medal in the last edition at New Delhi, won all the three singles and both the doubles to grab maximum points at the Kunshan Sports Center Stadium here.
World No 8 Saina Nehwal started the proceedings for India and after a brief struggle against Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen, notched up a 22-20, 21-14 win.
P V Sindhu then brushed aside Joy lai in 25 minutes to make it 2-0.
Women’s doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa dished out a clinical performance to get across Hsuan-Yu Wendy and Gronya Somerville 21-9, 21-15.
Ruthvika Shivani Gadde then hammered Tiffany Ho 21-5, 21-11 in the third singles, while Sikki Reddy N and Sindhu dismantled leanne Choo and Joy lai 21-12, 21-12 to complete the 5-0 drubbing here.