CWG 2022 Badminton Live: India badminton players CWG Live: Young Lakshya Sen recorded another comfortable win but double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth had to work hard to enter the badminton semifinals of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Saturday. World number 10 Sen beat Mauritius’ Julien Georges Paul 21-12 21-11 after Sindhu and Srikanth struggled past Malaysia’s Goh Wei Jin and England’s Toby Penty in women’s and men’s singles quarterfinals to stay on course for an individual CWG medal. Women’s pair Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand and Men’s doubles pair Stwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also advanced to semifinal. Follow India badminton players CWG Live updates with InsideSport.IN
CWG 2022 Badminton Live: Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen, PV Sindhu, Treesa- Gayatri & Chirag-Satwik pair reach semi-final, Aakarshi Kashyap knocked out
CWG 2022 Badminton Live: PV Sindhu reaches semi-final, Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen eye semifinals spot in singles on Day 9 – Follow India badminton CWG Birmingham live updates
A former world champion, Sindhu, who had won a bronze and silver in the last two editions, registered a come-from-behind 19-21 21-14 21-18 win over Goh, ranked 60th, to enter her third successive semifinals at the CWG. World championships silver medallist Srikanth, too, was far from convincing during his 21-19 21-17 win over the left-handed Penty, ranked 54th in the world.
The 20-year-old Sen will next face Jia Heng Teh, while Srikanth will look to exact revenge on Malaysia’s Ng Tze Yong, who had defeated him in the mixed team final. Sindhu, on the other hand, will have to get past Singapore’s world number 18 Jia Min Yeo to inch closer to a maiden gold. The Indian had beaten her at the 2019 French Open.
In women’s singles, young Aakarshi Kashyap’s CWG debut ended with a 10-21 7-21 defeat to Scotland’s Kristy Gilmour, a silver and bronze medallist in 2014 and 2018 editions respectively. Sindhu looked slightly shaky against Goh, whom she had defeated in two tight games in the mixed team championship final.
Badminton
- 4.20 PM IST – Women’s Singles Quarterfinal – PV Sindhu beat Jin Wei Goh 19-21, 21-14, 21-18
- 6.00 PM IST – Women’s Singles Quarterfinal – Aakarshi Kashyap lost to Kirsty Gilmour – 10-21, 7-21
- 10.00 PM IST – Men’s Singles Quarterfinal – Kidambi Srikanth beat Toby Penty – 21-19, 21-17
- 10: 00 PM IST – Men’s Singles Quarterfinal – Lakshya Sen beat Julien Georges Paul – 21-12, 21-11
- 10.50 PM IST – Women’s Doubles Quarterfinal – Treesa Jolly / Pullela Gopichand beat Tahila Richardson/Katherine Wytner – 21-8, 21-6
- 11.40 PM IST – Men’s Doubles Quarterfinal – Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty beat Jacob Schueller/Tang Nathan – 21-9, 21-11
CWG 2022 Badminton Live: Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen, PV Sindhu, Treesa- Gayatri & Chirag-Satwik pair reach semi-final, Aakarshi Kashyap knocked out
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