Colombo: Jwala Gutta won a double as India’s shuttlers launched the nation’s medal campaign at the SAF Games on a spectacular note by sweeping all five gold medals at stake on Day I of the meet on Friday.

Four of the five finals were all-India affairs. Besides the golds, India also bagged four silvers.

Top ranked Chetan Anand and Trupti Murgunde won the men’s and women’s singles titles, respectively after Jwala partnered V. Diju to clinch the mixed doubles gold.

Jwala was back on court soon after in the company of Shruti Kurien to corner glory in women’s doubles.

Diju and Jwala won beating Thomas Kurien and Aparna Balan 21-11, 21-13.

A bout of viral fever notwithstanding, Murgunde outplayed B.R. Meenakshi 11-5, 21-14 while Anand overcame Nikhil Kanetkar 21-14, 21-12.

The women’s doubles final saw Jwala and Shruti Kurien overcome Balan and Meenakshi 18-21, 23-21, 21-12. In the men’s doubles final, Sanave Thomas and Rupesh Kumar coasted to an easy victory.

In table tennis, Indian women won 3-0 against Maldives. Nandita Saha, Kasturi Chakraborty and K. Shamini won their matches easily. (PTI)