Last year, PV Sindhu became the face of Indian badminton when she won a silver medal at the Rio Olympic 2016.
The 22-year old was one of the two medallists holders in the Olympics and received much limelight after finishing second best.
She continued her form and went onto win many silver medal in past few months.
However, when she was up against a fully fit Saina Nehwal in Nationals last year for the gold, Nehwal showed her experience and defeated her junior by 21-17 and 27-25.
It was a deja vu moment for the two when they were up for a gold medal once again, this time in Commonwealths, and the experienced player again went away with the yellow metal,
“It was a neck to neck game. For me, it was even tougher because I have been playing for the last 10-12 days. She is tall, she has longer legs and covers the court better than me, I have to run here and there,” said Saina after clinching the gold medal.
Sindhu, who went away with a silver medal, accepted the defeat and said she was completely fine for the match,
“I was completely fine so nothing to complain. I gave my best. It was a good week for me. Maybe today was not my day,” she said.
The Olympic medallist, Sindhu, suffered an injury scare few days before the start of the tournament.
It also resulted in her missing the team event where India won gold by defeating Malaysia in the final.
Talking of the final match in single’s, Nehwal defeated Sindhu by 21-18 and 23-21.
During the second game, Sindhu was leading well, and it looked like the game will go till the wire.
However, Nehwal staged a comeback and clinched the gold medal by defeating Sindhu in 58 minutes. It was also the last gold medal for badminton contingent, as Kidambi Srikanth settled for silver.
Lee Chong Wei clinched the gold medal by coming from the back and won the game by 19-21, 21-14 and 21-14.
Indian contingent won a total of 66 medals during the event held in Gold Coast. Out of 66, 26 were gold medals, 20 were silver while other 20 were bronze. Anish Bhanwala was the youngest of all (from India) to win a medal at the age of 15.
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