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from Malaysia Badminton Association.
New Zealand took a giant step in their quest to make the last eight of the team event in the Commonwealth Games after they defeated Sri Lanka 3-2 in their Group B match at the Siri Fort Stadium this morning.
With Singapore odds on favourites to take the top spot in this group, the battle was between the Kiwis and Sri Lanka and the win has boosted the confidence of the New Zealand players for the match against Singapore.
The score was poised at 2-2 and the women's doubles match was to be the decider. Donna Haliday/Danielle Barry got the better of Thilini Jayasinghe/ Chandrika Hettiarachige 21-9,21-15 to deliver the winning point.
“Sri Lanka are tough opponents and this sets us up nicely for the crunch match against Singapore,” said Henry Tam.
“The team spirit is high and we are focussed hence we hope to do well this time around as our preparation has been good.”
New Zealand will take on Singapore tomorrow but have to negotiate past Northern Ireland in tonights night session to get another step closer to the quarter-finals.
Hosts India, as expected had no problems getting past Barbados 5-0 in their Group D encounter.
Although they rested top singles player Chetan Anand, the darling of Indian badminton Saina Nehwal took to the courts barely 15 hours after her match against Kenya yesterday.
And Saina was as her usual entertaining yet clinical self as she defeated Mariama Ayanna Eastmond 21-3,21-6
India will play two matches on Wednesday, first up will be Wales in the morning followed by Scotland in the night session.
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