Published: Aug 08, 2022, 03:25 PM (IST)
Edited: Aug 08, 2022, 03:26 PM (IST)
Birmingham: India’s ace badminton player PV Sindhu won her maiden singles gold at the Commonwealth Games defeating Michelle Li of Canada 21-15, 21-13 on the last day of the quadrennial event in Birmingham on Monday.
Congratulations to our badminton maestro #PVSindhu for winning Women’s Singles Gold 🥇🇮🇳 in The #CWG2022
She beats Canadian player Michelle Li in the final of Women’s Singles. 🇮🇳 Sindhu 21-15 21-13 Li 🇨🇦
2014 – 🥉
2018 – 🥈
2022 – 🥇
That’s a clear progression! 🔥🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/0IX3XDZRQ6— Harshavardhan Muppavarapu (@vardhan08) August 8, 2022
The 27-year-old two-time Olympic medallist Sindhu, who was unsuccessful in the previous two attempts, settling for silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast and bronze at the 2014 Glasgow Games, finally broke the jinx with a commanding performance against an opponent ranked 13th in the world.
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While world No. 7 Sindhu held the edge going into the title clash, a win was not a foregone conclusion given that her opponent was a former singles gold medallist at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Before the clash on Monday, Sindhu held an advantage over the Canadian having won eight of the 10 matches. In fact, Sindhu had played Li twice this year and defeated her on both occasions.
The opening game was keenly contested with the scores level at 4-4. Using her height and penetrating smashes to great effect, Sindhu took a 14-8, finally winning the opening game 21-15.
Sindhu won the second game with relative ease, taking an 11-6 lead at the mid-game interval. With Li continuing to find the net on returns, Sindhu made it 19-13. The Indian won the championship point and the gold as Li sent a return wide after a good rally. Indian fans lauded Sindhu for her remarkable performance
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First-ever Gold medal in Singles Badminton for PV Sindhu. May this be the first of many and I hope our Tiranga flies higher than ever at the Commonwealth Games 2022. #PVSindhu #Badminton #CWG22india #GoldMedal #TeamIndia #mukkaobulreddy #obulreddymukka
— Mukka Obulreddy (@MukkaObulReddy) August 8, 2022
At 27, this is what PV Sindhu’s medal cabinet looks like
🥈🥉 Olympics
🥇🥈🥈🥉🥉 World Championships
🥈🥉 Asian Games
🥇🥈South Asian Games
🥉🥉 Uber Cup
🥇🥇🥈🥈🥉Commonwealth GamesOne of our greatest sportspersons ever
— Aniket Mishra (@aniketmishra299) August 8, 2022
19th Gold for India 🇮🇳 at #B2022 commonwealth games.
Legend PV Sindhu wins badminton women’s singles beating Canada’s Li in straight sets 21-15 & 21-13. 🙂
What’s your next target @Pvsindhu1? 🤔
India now back to 4th in medal table. #EkindiaTeamIndia#Cheer4India
— Naresh Dubbudu (@nareshdubbudu) August 8, 2022
