Saina Nehwal wins gold in badminton

Badminton star Saina Nehwal got the 38th gold for India by defeating her Malaysian opponent Mew Choo Wong at the Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on Thursday.

“Everyone was expecting a gold from her and she gave it,” said Saina’s father Harvir Singh.

“We are feeling very proud today. She brought India back to second position in gold with this,” he added.

V K Verma, President, Badminton Federation, said Indian shuttlers have ‘tremendous talent’ waiting to be explored.

“We have tremendous talent. We will take badminton in the top four in the next few years,” said Verma.

Saina defeated Wong by 19-21, 23-21, 21-13 margin to grab the crucial gold medal that once again made India climb up the medals tally and reach the second spot with 38 gold medals, one ahead of England who have 37 gold medals.

India now stands at the second spot with 101 medals in total.

Saina became the first Indian woman to win the CWG badminton gold medal.

It was a good comeback for Saina after loosing the first set to Wong, who gave a good fight to the Indian shuttler.