Nagoya (Japan), Sept. 20 -- India's P.V. Sindhu cruised to victory as India swept Kazakhstan 3-0 to reach the women's team badminton quarterfinals at the Asian Games on Sunday, while Malaysia advanced after beating Hong Kong, China in the same score.
Sindhu, the two-time Olympic medalist, opened the round of 16 tie with a dominant 21-7, 21-9 win over Kamila Smagulova in just 24 minutes. Unnati Hooda followed with a 21-7, 21-10 victory against Alissa Kuleshova, and Tanvi Sharma completed the sweep by defeating Diana Namenova 21-5, 21-10.
India's doubles pairs were not needed. The result sets up a quarterfinal clash against host Japan on Tuesday. India has won only one medal in the women's team event at the Asian Games, a bronze in 2014.
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