YOUTH COMMONWEALTH GAMES – Malaysia still out for clean sweep

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Raphaël Sachetat
– September 10, 2011Posted in: news
The finals of the Commonwealth Youth Games are known and will be played on Sunday, September 10th in the Isle of Man. In the men’s singles, no surprises as Zulfadli […]

The finals of the Commonwealth Youth Games are known and will be played on Sunday, September 10th in the Isle of Man. In the men’s singles, no surprises as Zulfadli Zulkiffli and Sameer Verma both beat their respective opponents in two games and will face each other in a mouth-watering final. England is already assured of clinching a bronze medal as both competitors, Rhys Walker and Tom Wolfenden, are local shuttlers. Pusarla Venkata Sindhu and Sonia Cheah will also fight for gold on Sunday for another Malaysia-India match-up. The Malaysians can still make a clean sweep with a representative in each category, with Sonia Cheah and Chow Mei Kuan both looking for two gold medals on Sunday.

Finals line up:
MS: Zulfadli Zulkiffli  (MAS) vs. Sameer Verma (IND)
WS: Pusarla Venkata Sindhu (IND) vs. Sonia Cheah (MAS)
MD: Heg/Teo (MAS) vs. Mc Carthy/Wolfenden (ENG)
WD: Chow/Lee (MAS) vs Cheah/Yang (MAS)
XD: Teo/Chow (MAS) vs. Kidambi/Kukapalli (IND)

All results HERE

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About Raphaël Sachetat

Raphael is the Chief Editor of Badzine International. He is the founder of the website together with Jean François Chauveau. After many years writing for the BWF and many publications around the world about badminton, he now leads a team of young and dynamic writers for Badzine.