The mixed doubles pair of veteran Joshna Chinappa and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu progressed to the pre-quarterfinals of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Wednesday.

The immensely experienced Chinappa and her partner Sandhu downed Sri Lanka's Yeheni Kuruppu and Ravindu Laksiri 8-11, 11-4, 11-3.

The Indians were a bit shaky initially and ended up conceding the first game.

However, they quickly turned things around and made a strong comeback to bag the next two games without breaking much sweat.
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Earlier in the day, Sunayna Kuruvilla defeated Fung-A-Fat of Guyana in the non-medal women's squash singles plate final.

Sunayna downed her Guyanese opponent 11-7, 13-11, 11-2 in what turned out to be a comfortable victory for the 23-year-old squash player.

World number 15 Saurav Ghosal, who went down in the semi-final yesterday, will take on home favourite James Willstrop of England in the bronze medal play-off later in the day.