India wins the gold medal in table tennis mix double in the Commonwealth games. Sharath Kamal and Akula Sreeja defeat the Malaysian duo to claim gold.
Highlights
- India wins its first ever Commonwealth games mixed double gold medal.
- They defeated the giant-killer Malaysian pair of Javen Choong and Karen Lyne to win the gold medal.
- Sharath Kamal and Akula Sreeja defeated the giant killer who defeated the favourites to win the gold.
- This is India’s second table tennis gold in Birmingham.
India’s Sharath Kamal and Akula Sreeja defeated the Malaysian duo of Javen Choong and Karen Lyne to win the gold medal in the Table Tennis mix double at the Commonwealth games.
The Malaysian duo was favourite for the gold medalist because they defeated the pre-tournament favourites G. Sathiyan and Manika Batra in the best of five matches: – 11-4, 9-11, 11-5, 11-6.
The Indian duo was in full control of the game and comfortably defeated the Malaysian duo to win the gold medal for India.
Sharath has also confirmed his 13th medal in the Commonwealth games by reaching the final of the men’s singles.
For Akula Sreeja, it was her first ever medal in the Commonwealth games. It was a good showing for her as she took the center stage in the Finals to win the gold medal.
Sharath Kamal had earlier made it to the men’s singles final and also was in the men’s double. Sharath had to settle for silver in the Men’s double.
Akula Sreeja is the star of India’s women’s paddler. Sreeja lost the singles for the bronze medal playoffs but she redeemed herself with the mixed double gold medal.
Sharath Kamal played 2 matches in the day and was happy to give the show to Sreeja who took the center stage and played really good against the relatively inexperienced pairing.
Sharath defeated England’s Paul Drinkhall in the six hard-fought games in the semi-fin. But got bested by the England no.1 Liam Pitchford in the finals.
Single’s men finals were very difficult for Sharath as Pitchford was too fast and aggressive for him.
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