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Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 6 Events For India

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India wrote history on the fifth day of the Commonwealth Games 2022 by winning two gold and two silver medals in a day. It was a big win by the Indian contingent and now the team India is hopeful of continuing its winning streak on the 6th Day at CWG 2022.

CWG 2022 Day 5 Highlights

CWG 2022 Day 5 Highlights
  1. India won the gold in the women’s four lawn bowls event and it was India’s first gold medal in the sport
  2. Men’s table tennis team brought gold for the country by defeating Singapore in the event
  3. Weightlifter Vikas Thakur won silver in the men’s 96kg category
  4. Indian badminton team also won silver in the mixed team event

CWG 2022 Day 6 Highlights

CWG 2022 Day 6

Lawn Bowls: In men’s singles, Mridul Borgohain will take on Chris Locke at 1 PM and Ian McLean at 4 PM.

Wrestling: Lovepreet Singh (men’s 109kg) at 2 PM, Purnima Pandey (women’s 87+kg) at 6:30 PM, and Gurdeep Singh (men’s 109+kg) at 11 PM.

Judo (2:30 PM): Tulika Mann vs TBD (women’s 78kg quarterfinals), Deepak Daswal vs Eric Jean Sebastian (men’s +100kg elimination round of 16) followed by knockout matches.

Para Table-Tennis (3:10 PM): All eyes would be on Bhavina Patel, Sonalben Manubhai Patel, and Baby Sahana Ravi in women’s singles classes 3-5 Group 1, Group 2, and classes 6-10 Group 1 categories respectively. In men’s singles, the country expects medals from Raj Aravindan Alagar in class 3-5 Group 1 category.

Hockey (3:30 PM): Women’s Pool A (India vs Canada), Men’s Pool B (India vs Canada, 6:30 PM).

Squash (3:30 PM): Joshana/Harinder vs Sri Lanka in the mixed doubles round of 32 and Saurav Ghoshal (if qualifies) … Read the rest

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CWG 2022: Joshna Chinappa And Saurav Ghosal Give Hope To India

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Indian squash players Joshna Chinappa and Saurav Ghosal had a big day on Sunday at the Commonwealth Games 2022. They both advanced to the quarterfinals in their respective women’s and men’s singles matches.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Johsna Chinappa defeated Kaitlyn Watts of New Zealand in the women’s singles
• Saurav Ghosal beat world No 62 David Baillargeon in men’s singles
• Joshna Chinappa will take on Canada’s Hollie Naughton in the quarterfinals
• Saurav Ghosal will compete with Greg Lobban of Scotland in the quarterfinals

Joshna Chinappa V/S Kaitlyn Watts

Joshna Chinappa VS Kaitlyn Watts

The reigning world champion in women’s doubles Joshna Chinappa (35) faced a strong challenge from a younger Kaitlyn Watts (21) in the tournament. Kaitlyn made a surprise start that made Joshna struggle in the initial moments. The world No. 95 Kaitlyn sent the world No. 17 Joshna Chinappa to the wall with a reverse shot in the second round. But Joshna stormed back to match the pace of Kaitlyn Watt and won the match.

Joshna Chinappa took a 1-0 lead by first leveling the match at 8-8 and then winning the three points. The final score of Joshna Chinappa at the round of 16 match 3-1 was 11-8, 9-11, 11-4, and 11-6.

In the quarterfinals, Joshna Chiappa will compete with the world No. 20 Hollie Naughton from Canada.

Saurav Ghosal V/S David Baillargeon

Saurav Ghosal VS David Baillargeon

It was an easy win for world No. 15 Saurav Ghosal as he proved a strong opponent for world No. 62, David Baillargeon, from Canada. A top-ranking squash player from India, Ghosal beat David 3-0 (11-6, 11-2, 11-6). Saurav is now gearing up to take on Greg Lobban of Scotland, who is No. … Read the rest