Glasgow: P Kashyap stood just a win away from a historic gold in the badminton competition of the 20th Commonwealth Games here on Sunday.
Delhi Games gold medallist pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa too were on course to defend their women's doubles title after winning their last-four match at the Emirates Arena.
Here is the live update:
Badminton:
Women's doubles finals:
Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa down with 5-4 against Malaysia's Vivian Kah Mun Hoo and Khe Wei Woon in the first set in women’s doubles finals
Gutta and Ponappa go into interval with a one point advantage at 11-10
Gutta and Ponappa lose the first set by a score of 21-17.
Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa leading by 18-15 in the second set.
Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa lose 21-17, 23-21; brings home a silver.
Parupalli Kashyap leads with a score of 11-7 against Singpore's Derek Wong in men's singles final.
P Kashyap wins the first set with a score of 21-14.
Kashyap loses the second set by 21-11.
Kashyap falls behind with 8-6 against Wong.
Parupalli Kashyap brings home a historic gold in badminton men's single title with a 21-19 win in the final set.
Hockey:
India is now playing for gold against Australia in men's Hockey final.
India losing by 0-2 against Australia at halftime.
India lost 4-0 to Australia; wins silver.
Badminton concludes with five finals, which will see second-seeded Kashyap Parupalli tackle Derek Wong of Singapore for the men's title.
Malaysia's Hoo Vivian Kah Mun and Woon Khe Wei tussle with Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa in the women's doubles.
In the men's hockey final, India will face Australia in a repeat of the final from four years ago when the Aussies romped home 8-0.
World champions Australia are the four-time Commonwealth Games gold medallists and have lost only one game in the history of the tournament -- 3-2 to South Africa in the pool stages at Kuala Lumpur 1998.
India will be boosted by the return of captain Sardar Singh who was suspended for the semi-final win against New Zealand.
The closing ceremony takes place at Hampden Park from 2000GMT with the Commonwealth Games Federation flag to be entrusted to officials from Australia's Gold Coast, the hosts of the 2018 Games.
