<p class="title">India's mixed doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Satwik Rankireddy claimed a straight-game win over Guernsey's Stuart Hardy and Chloe Le Tissier to make a resounding start to their campaign in the individual badminton events of the Commonwealth Games here on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ashwini and Satwik, who had given India a positive start in the historic mixed team final against Malaysia on Monday, brushed aside Stuart and Chloe Le 21-9, 21-5 in the opening match that lasted just 22 minutes here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Indian duo will next face English combo of Lane Ben and Pugh Jessica.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Saina Nehwal, P V Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy were among the Indians who got a bye in the opening round and will open their singles campaigns on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Srikanth will face Mauritius' Aatish Lubah, while HS Prannoy meets Mauritius' Christopher Jean Paul in the men's singles.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the women's singles, Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu, who missed the mixed team event due to an ankle strain, will begin with a clash against Fijji's Andra Whiteside.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Saina, who won all women's singles match in the mixed event, will take on South Africa's Elsie De Villiers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Meanwhile, Ruthvika Gadde will take on Ghana's Grace Atipaka.</p>
<p class="title">India's mixed doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Satwik Rankireddy claimed a straight-game win over Guernsey's Stuart Hardy and Chloe Le Tissier to make a resounding start to their campaign in the individual badminton events of the Commonwealth Games here on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ashwini and Satwik, who had given India a positive start in the historic mixed team final against Malaysia on Monday, brushed aside Stuart and Chloe Le 21-9, 21-5 in the opening match that lasted just 22 minutes here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Indian duo will next face English combo of Lane Ben and Pugh Jessica.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Saina Nehwal, P V Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy were among the Indians who got a bye in the opening round and will open their singles campaigns on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Srikanth will face Mauritius' Aatish Lubah, while HS Prannoy meets Mauritius' Christopher Jean Paul in the men's singles.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the women's singles, Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu, who missed the mixed team event due to an ankle strain, will begin with a clash against Fijji's Andra Whiteside.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Saina, who won all women's singles match in the mixed event, will take on South Africa's Elsie De Villiers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Meanwhile, Ruthvika Gadde will take on Ghana's Grace Atipaka.</p>