CWG 2022: Kidambi Srikanth, Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand win bronze medals; PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen one step away from maiden gold

08.08.2022 - 00:07 timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Commonwealth Games on Sunday. India are also assured of at least two more medals with double Olympic medallist P Sindhu and debutant Lakshya Sen notching up contrasting wins in the semifinal stage to stay on course for maiden gold medals at the Games.

Srikanth, a former world number one, made amends for his semifinal loss as he prevailed over Singapore's world number 87 Jia Heng Teh 21-15 21-18 to claim a bronze medal to go with the silver that he had won four years ago in Gold Coast.

In the following bronze medal playoff, Treesa and Gayatri registered a 21-15 21-18 win over world number 159 Australian pair of Wendy Hsuan-Yu Chen and Gronya Somerville to finish third on the podium in their first major event together as a combination.

Srikanth said he was happy to return with a medal after losing the semifinals. "I came thinking that I can win the gold but it didn't go the way I thought.

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