Having won the past three editions of the event, the Australians began as the favourite and took an early lead against the home side when Robin Middleton and Leanne Choo won their mixed doubles match 19-21, 21-12, 21-15.

A men’s singles win for New Zealand’s Asher Richardson was quickly followed by a 21-19, 21-18 men’s doubles victory for their paring of Leydon-Davis and Kevin James Dennerly-Minturn to turn the tie around.

The results put all the pressure on Wendy Chen as the Australian needed to win her singles match against Vicki Copeland to keep their hopes alive and she levelled the tie with a 21-16, 21-19 win.

The Somerville pairing completed the turnaround by Australia as they triumphed 21-10, 21-16 over New Zealand’s Michelle Chan Ky and Danielle Tahuri in the women’s doubles to secure the gold medal.

“Going into the matches I think everyone was pretty confident but Rob and I had a shaky start in the Mixed Doubles,” said Choo.

“After that it was such a scrap with New Zealand but the Aussies fought really well and we came out on top.”

Tahiti celebrated clinching the bronze medal for the first time at the Championships, earning a dominant 5-0 win over New Caledonia.

The men’s and women’s team competitions are scheduled to begin tomorrow at the venue.

At the Asia Team Championships in Hyderabad,  host nation India defeated China 3-2 to secure top spot in Group A.

They will now meet Malaysia in the quarter-finals after they finished as the runners-up in Group B, following a 4-1 loss to Japan.

The victory was the Japanese team’s third of the competition and will see them begin as the overwhelming favourites in their quarter-final clash with Chinese Taipei, runners-up in Group C.

Having won the group, Indonesia will face Hong Kong, while China will begin as the underdogs against South Korea.

In the women’s quarter-finals, South Korea set up a clash against the host nation, while China will face the South Korean team.

The line-up is completed with Chinese Taipei meeting Japan and Thailand taking on Malaysia.

Top seeds Denmark continued their winning start to the men’s European tournament as they earned a 5-0 victory over Finland to finish top of their group in Kazan.

They will hope to continue their streak when they face hosts Russia in the first knock-out round, while their women’s team will take on Finland.

The first day of the Pan American Championship saw the United States overcome Canada 3-2 in Group A of the women’s event in Guadalajara.

Mexico whitewashed Guatemala 5-0 in the same group, before beating them 3-2 in the men’s competition.