Australian badminton team announced
Women's doubles pairing Gronya Somerville and Setyana Mapasa headline the 10-strong badminton team which will represent Australia at gc2018.
Somerville and Mapasa are ranked No.2 in the Commonwealth, having recently won the Oceania Championship and qualified for the final eight at the China Open Super Series.
Mapasa won a silver medal at the 2013 World Junior Championships representing Indonesia before gaining Australian citizenship the following year.She will also contest the mixed doubles at the April 4-15 Gold Coast Games with Sawan Serasinghe.
Serasinghe and Somerville are among the eight members of the team with previous Commonwealth Games experience.
The only singles representatives will be Chen and Commonwealth Games debutant Anthony Jo.
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The Australian badminton team, including events, for GC2018 is:
Men Anthony Jo - Singles Matthew Chau - Doubles Ross Smith - Doubles Robin Middleton - Doubles Sawan Serasinghe - Doubles
| Women Gronya Somerville - Doubles Leanne Choo - Doubles Renuga Veeran - Doubles Setyana Mapasa - Doubles and mixed doubles Wendy Chen - Singles |
3 from the 10 @BadmintonAus stars selected to join #TeamAUS AT @gc2018 !!
— Comm Games AUS (@CommGamesAUS) February 23, 2018
Welcome aboard >> Renunga Veeran, Gronya Somerville & Sawan Serasinghe. pic.twitter.com/e89s8eaGo4