Badminton News: India’s top badminton players Lakshya Sen and PV Sindhu along with men’s doubles duo Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty competed in the 2022 Commonwealth Games Final at Birmingham Arena.

However, Kidambi Srikanth and women’s doubles Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand lost in their respective semi-finals. They are not out of the medal chase yet and will enter the bronze medal chase on Monday (8/8).

Lakshya Sen defeats Singapore’s Jia Heng Teh in thriller

World number 10 Lakshya Sen performed well in the men’s singles semi-final. The 20-year-old overcame a tough challenge from Singapore’s Jia Heng Teh to enter his first final with a 21-10, 18-12, 21-16 win in a thrilling match.

Sindhu defeated Yeo Jia Min in a tense battle

PV Sindhu entered the women’s singles final after dismissing another Singaporean player. Two-time Olympic medalist Sindhu beat world number 18 Yeo Jia Min 21-19, 21-17 to advance to a second straight Commonwealth Games final.

The Gold Coast Games silver medalist faced a tough challenge in the semi-finals but won the match with a brilliant performance under pressure. Hyderabadi, 27, will play a gold medal match against Canada’s Michelle Li on Monday.

Kidambi Srikanth, meanwhile, lost 21-13, 19-21 and 10-21 to Malaysian Ng Tze Yong, whom he faced a few days ago in the final of the mixed team tournament.

Srikanth was scheduled to play a bronze medal match against Jia Heng Teh.

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