CWG 2022: PV Sindhu Wins Women’s Singles Gold Medal

But then PV Sindhu thwarted the comeback attempt and once again she stretched her lead to edge closer to winning the yellow metal.

Badminton ace PV Sindhu, on Monday, displayed a dominant show to win the women’s singles gold medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022. Sindhu defeated former CWG gold medallist Michelle Li with a scoreline of 21-15, 21-13. This was her third CWG singles medal and first gold.

Sindhu began the match with a taping on her left ankle. The Indian ace got off to a flyer in the first game but Li fought her way back to tie things up at 4-4.

The game was evenly poised for most of the time, but PV Sindhu took an a11-8 lead heading into the halfway break of the first game.

After the restart, the Indian ace scored three straight points to create pressure for Li. The Canadian ace, however, mounted a comeback to cut the deficit down to three with the score at 17-14. But Sindhu was too good for Li in the first game and bought it to a scoreline of 21-15.

The Indian olympian showed no signs of slowing down in the second game and accelerated to a 9-3 lead in quick time. While Li did show some signs of life, the Indian ace held the lead heading into the halfway point of the second game with a score of 11-6.

After the restart, the Canadian ace fought back valiantly to cut down the lead to just three after an incredible rally between the two that had 57 strokes.

But then PV Sindhu thwarted the comeback attempt and once again she stretched her lead to edge closer to winning the yellow metal.

The many unforced errors by Li during the game came back to haunt her as Sindhu took the lead to 20-13 and seven Championship points.

Soon Sindhu wrapped things up and took the game and bagged the gold medal. With this win, the Indian ace also extended her head-to-head score against Li to 9-2.