Commonwealth Games 2014: Gilmour or Li on Historic Brink

Commonwealth Games 2014: Gilmour or Li on Historic Brink
Kirsty Gilmour describes herself as "A badminton player who can't play badminton"

Either Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour or Michelle Li of Canada will win the first-ever Commonwealth Women’s Singles gold medal for their respective countries tomorrow. Here’s a semi-finals snapshot.

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Featured image (Women’s Singles): Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour brought fans to a frenzy, coming from 11-19 down to win the second game and complete a 21-13 21-19 triumph versus Tee Jing Yi of Malaysia. Earlier, Canadian Michelle Li continued her dream run with a nail-biting victory (22-20 22-20) over top seed, PV Sindhu of India. It was Li’s second success over Sindhu in the Commonwealth Games, having beaten her in the Mixed Team competition.

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Men’s Singles: Two points from losing, Derek Wong of Singapore (above) rebounded to beat India’s RV Gurusaidutt (16 21 21-19 21-15) while another Indian player, Kashyap Parupalli (below), also came from behind to thwart England’s Rajiv Ouseph, 18-21 21-17 21-18.

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Mixed Doubles: It will be an all-England finale as Chris Langridge and Heather Olver (above) withstood Malaysia’s Chan Peng Soon and Lai Pei Jing, 15-21 22-20 21-13 while their team-mates Chris and Gabrielle Adcock (below) beat Scottish duo, Robert Blair and Imogen Bankier, 21-14 21-14.

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Women’s Doubles: Malaysian twosome, Vivian Hoo & Woon Khe Wei (above), dismissed England’s Gabrielle Adcock and Lauren Smith, 21-16 21-11, to set up a showdown with defending champions, Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa (below). The Indians defeated another Malaysian partnership, Lai Pei Jing and Lim Yin Loo (21-7 21-12).

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Men’s Doubles: Singaporeans Chayut Triyachart and Danny Chrisnanta (above) savoured a hard-fought win against England’s Chris Langridge and Peter Mills (16-21 21-16 21-19). Their opponents in the final – Tan Wee Kiong and Goh V Shem of Malaysia (below) – prevailed 21-19 21-19 versus another England duo, Chris Adcock and Andrew Ellis.

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BRONZE-MEDAL RESULTS

Mixed Doubles: Robert Blair/Imogen Bankier (Scotland) d Chan Peng Soon/Lai Pei Jing (Malaysia) 21-17 21-11.

Women’s Singles: PV Sindhu (India) d Tee Jing Yi (Malaysia) 23-21 21-9.

Men’s Singles: RV Gurusaidutt (India) d Rajiv Ouseph (England) 21-15 14-21 19-21.

Men’s Doubles: Chris Langridge/Peter Mills (England) d Chris Adcock/Andrew Ellis (England) 21-17 21-17.

Women’s Doubles: Gabrielle Adcock/Lauren Smith (England) d Lai Pei Jing/Lim Yin Loo (Malaysia) 16-21 21-15 21-16.

 

 

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