Kidambi Srikanth, who is the newly crowned World No. 1, went down in men\u2019s singles final match against former World No. 1 Chong Lee Wei on Sunday, Day 11 of the Commonwealth Games, to settle for silver.<\/p>\n
Malaysian legend Chong Wei, who claimed his third CWG gold on Sunday, dominated at the start and end to defeat the Indian shuttler 19-21, 21-14, 21-14 even though Srikanth, who had earlier beaten the Malaysian in the men\u2019s singles clash of mixed doubles, took an early lead.<\/p>\n
Srikanth, however, ensured that he gave a tough fight to the Malaysian, who has won two mixed team gold medals, before going down badly in the deciding game. Srikanth was 0-4 down at the start of the first game before making a comeback in eight minutes to take 11-9 lead at mid-game interval, after which Lee worked hard to equalise. But Srikanth took the first game in just 25 minutes.<\/p>\n
The former World No. 1 Lee improved in his second game performance, which also saw a dramatic moment when Lee had struck the shuttle twice to claim a point but was not penalised for it, despite Srikanth\u2019s protest.<\/p>\n
Lee was in complete form after the mid-game break in the second game as he sent smashes out of Srikanth\u2019s reach to win points in the high-intensity match. Lee was the better man even the deciding game as he took 11-5 lead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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