Hyderabad’s Tanongsak first won his men’s singles tie against P Kashyap 21-20, 21-18 after which another Hotshot Saina Nehwal beat Tai Tzu Ying 21-17, 14-21, 11-8 in the ladies singles event. But Banga fought back hereafter.

Banga’s Carsten Mogensen and Akshay Dewalkar first beat Hyderabad’s V Shem Goh and Khim Wah Lim in the men’s doubles 15-21, 21-15, 11-1.