Birmingham: Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu clinched India's first gold medal in Badminton at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 and the first women's singles CWG gold medal of her career by defeating Canada's Michelle Li in the final on Monday.
The Indian won the match in straight two games by 21-15, 21-13.
PV Sindhu beats Michelle Li of Canada 21-15 21-13 in final of women's singles to win a gold medal in Commonwealth Games 2022#CommonwealthGames2022 @Pvsindhu1
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PV Sindhu got off to a great start. Halfway through the first game, she was leading by 11-8. Michelle Li offered her Indian opponent great competition but fell short in every rally. The result was a 21-15 win for Sindhu in the first game.
Sindhu kept fighting through the second game and eventually won it by 21-13. With the win, she also clinched her first-ever women's singles medal in Commonwealth Games 2022 and India's first-ever gold in badminton at CWG 2022.
CWG 2022 started in Birmingham from 28 July and will go on till 8 August. (ANI)
