Melbourne: India set up a quarterfinal clash with third seed Singapore after being blanked 5-0 by favourites England in the badminton mixed team event at the XVIII Commonwealth Games on Saturday.
Top seed England showed devastating form as they went on the rampage against India in the last league match of Pool D and placed themselves against Canada in the knock-out stage.
National champion Aparna Popat recieved the first blow as she went down to Tracey Jayne Hallom 21-13 16- 21 21-17.
Top ranked Indian shuttler Chetan Anand fought hard but lost the close match 21-19 17-21 21-17 to hand over a 2-0 lead to the rivals.
Elizabeth Gail Emms and Victoria Donna then flattened women's doubles duo of Jwala Gutta and Shruti Kurien 12-21 16-21 to romp home in style.
In the inconsequential matches of the tie, Rupesh Kumar and Thoams Sanave lost 16-21 17-21 to Ian Antkay Clarke and Robert Blair in the men's doubles while Gutta and V Diju were beaten 15-21 10-21 by Elizabeth Emms and James Nathan.
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