India have begun their campaign in Badminton Asia Team Championships in style with both men's and women's teams making it to the quarterfinals. In Hyderabad yesterday, both the teams posted victories against their Singapore rivals. Indian men made a clean sweep of their five-match tie against Singapore, who had lost to China two days ago. India, China and Singapore are part of Group A. Despite the absence of star player Saina Nehwal, the Indian women registered a comprehensive 5-0 win against Singapore and also entered the quarter finals as the Singapore team lost to Japan earlier. Each tie comprises three singles and two doubles matches. In other ties of the day in men's category, Japan beat Sri Lanka 5-0, Malaysia defeated Nepal 5-0, Indonesia humbled Chinese Taipei 3-2 and Hong Kong China trounced Philippines 4-1. In the Women's section, Thailand defeated Maldives 5-0 and Indonesia beat Maldives 5-0.