CWG 2022: PV Sindhu Enters Women's Singles Final, Ensures Medal For India

07.08.2022 - 13:57 sports.ndtv.com

Double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu stayed on course for an elusive gold medal after progressing to her second successive women's singles final at the Commonwealth Games here on Sunday.

The 27-year-old Indian rode on her superior technical superiority to outwit Singapore's Yeo Jia Min 21-19 21-17 in a 49-minute contest.

A former world champion, Sindhu, who has a silver and a bronze from the 2018 and 2014 editions, was clearly the better player on display as she kept a firm grip on the match.

Sindhu seemed a bit restricted in her movement with the achilles of her left leg strapped. The Singaporean played some good-looking shots to make it 8-4 early on but she was callous to allow the Indian draw level.

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PV Sindhu finally added that one medal that was missing from an otherwise glittering collection, when she clinched the CWG women's singles gold, downing Canada's Michelle Li in straight games in a 48-minute affair.

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Commonwealth Games on Sunday. Sindhu rode on her technical superiority to outwit Singapore's Yeo Jia Min 21-19 21-17 in a 49-minute contest to reach her second successive final. In the following match on the show court, Sen, the world number 10, lost his way after a dominating start against 87-ranked Jia Heng Teh of Singapore.