CWG: Badminton: P Kashyap, Jwala-Ashwini eye gold

Parupalli Kashyap stood just a win away from winning a historic gold while 2010 champions Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa, too, were on course to defend their title, but young PV Sindhu suffered a heartbreaking loss in CWG badminton on Saturday

Glasgow: Parupalli Kashyap stood just a win away from winning a historic gold while 2010 champions Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa, too, were on course to defend their title, but young PV Sindhu suffered a heartbreaking loss in CWG badminton on Saturday.


Parupalli Kashyap celebrates his win over Rajiv Ouseph in semis. Pic/PTI 

World No 22 Kashyap bounced back from a game down to edge out World No 26 Rajiv Ouseph 18-21 21-17 21-18. Jwala and Ashwini too notched up an easy 21-7 21-12 win over Lai Pei Jing and Loo Yin Lim in doubles semi-finals.

Sindhu wins bronze
However, Sindhu beat Jing Yi Tee 23-21, 21-9 to win bronze after going down fighting to Michelle Li 22-20 22-20 in the semis earlier.

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