PV Sindhu wins gold in women’s singles final at Commonwealth Games

Sindhu dominated the game from the first set while her opponent put up a good fight. Sindhu won the final badminton match at the Commonwealth Games 21-15, 21-13 in two straight games.

PV Sindhu got off to a great start. As the two were halfway through the first game, the Indian shuttler was leading 11-8. Michelle Lee offered her Indian rival great competition, but lost in every rally.

In the first game, Sindhu won 21-15.

Mitchell Lee picked up the pace as soon as the second game started but PV Sindhu got the win from him. The Canadian kept making mistakes and widened Sindhu’s lead with each failure. Halfway through the second game, Sindhu was in an advantageous position to lead 11-6.

After the break, Michelle Lee reduced Sindhu’s lead to 13-11. He needed 10 more points to take the gold medal and he did.

PV Sindhu struggled to score more points and eventually won the game 21-13. He won the first Commonwealth Games gold medal for India.

Later today, India will have a chance to win two more gold in badminton in the following matches: (1) Men’s singles final – Lakshya Sen in action, and (2) Men’s doubles final – Chirag Shetty / Satwiksairaj Rankireddy in action.

Earlier, PV Sindhu, who has a silver and a bronze in the 2018 and 2014 editions, rode on her technical superiority to beat Yeo Jia Min of Singapore 21-19, 21-17 in a 49-minute bout for her second consecutive day. entered the finals. The Indian had also defeated Min in the team event.

She had earlier reached the semi-finals in women’s singles badminton After defeating Goh Jin Wei in the quarterfinal match at the Commonwealth Games 2022 edition.

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