The gold is also Lakshya’s second major singles medal on the global stage after his bronze at the World Championships in December last year.
India’s Lakshya Sen celebrates a point during his meeting with Malaysia’s Ng Tze Yong in the Commonwealth Games men’s singles gold medal match. AP
Star Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen recovered from a game down to beat Malaysia’s Ng Tze Yong 19-21, 21-9, 21-16 and clinch gold in men’s singles at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Monday. Notably, Sen was competing in his maiden CWG and ended up finishing on top of podium.
The CWG gold is also Lakshya’s second major singles medal on the global stage after his bronze at the World Championships in December last year.
With the win on Monday, world number 10 Lakshya Sen extended his head-to-head record to 3-0 against Yong, who stunned Kidambi Srikanth in the semi-finals.
Earlier on Sunday, Sen registered a hard-fought 21-10, 18-21, 21-18 victory against 87th-ranked Jia Heng Teh of Singapore in the semi-final clash.
Sen got off to a good start as he won the first game 21-10 taking early control, and moved his opponent around to win six points in a row at one juncture to win the first game.
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The Singapore shuttler came back strongly in the second game and won seven points in a row to take lead. He had a seven-point lead at one time before Sen managed to close the gap but Teh won three points in a row to win the game and level scores. Sen won the close decider, in which the players went neck-and-neck, 21-18 to make it to his maiden final in the Commonwealth Games.
Sen’s victory landed India their second badminton gold medal on the final day of the Commonwealth Games, with star shuttler PV Sindhu having also won her maiden CWG singles gold with a straight-games win over Canada’s Michelle Li prior to Lakshya’s meeting with Yong.
Sindhu defeated the Canadian shuttler 21 15, 21-13 to add to her bronze in Glasgow 2014 and a silver at Gold Coast four years later.
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