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Dhaka, Feb 3 (PTI) Reigning supreme, shuttlers made it an all-Indian finals to ensure five gold and five silver medals in the 11th South Asian Games here today.
Having already bagged the men's and women's team gold medals earlier, Indian badminton teams led by national champions Chetan Anand and Trupti Murgunde hence all set to make a clean sweep tomorrow.
In the men's singles semi-finals, top seeded Anand made a short work of Lankan No 2 Dinuka Karunaratne 21-15 21-5 in a 25-minute battle at the Wooden Floor Gymnasium courts.
In the summit clash, Anand will take on compatriot second seeded R M V Guru Sai Dutt who beat Ahsan Qamar of Pakistan 21-15 21-11 in 21 minutes.
Top seeded Sayali Gokhale dumped Pakistan's Palwasha Bashir 21-8 21-3 in the women's singles semis in a battle that lasted just 20 minutes.
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World and Olympic badminton champion Lin Dan is set to make his first appearance of the season at the All-England Championships in March after missing the year's first two competitions in South Korea and Malaysia.
"I was not physically ready for the past two international events," Lin told China Daily during his endorsement press conference with Gillette on Sunday.
"After a period of break and tune-up I feel much better and will definitely compete at the All-England Championships."
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