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gold Coast: Indian shuttlers continued their impressive show with top stars P V Sindhu, Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth progressing to the semifinals of their respective events in the 21st Commonwealth Games' badminton competition here on Friday. It was yet another successful day for Indian badminton players as they dominated the proceedings at the Carrara Sports Arena. Olympic and World Championship silver medallist Sindhu, who recovered from an ankle strain that kept her away from the mixed team event, beat Canada's Brittney Tam 21-14, 21-17 to set up a semifinal clash with defending champion Michelle li of Canada. Newly-crowned World No 1 and top seed Kidambi Srikanth registered a 21-15, 21-12 win over Singapore's Zin Rei Ryan Ng in 34 minutes to set up a clash with 2010 CWG silver medallist Rajiv Ouseph of England. 2010 Commonwealth Games champion Saina, meanwhile, took 32 minutes to dispatch Canada's Rachel Honderich 21-8, 21-13 and sail into the semifinals. The london Olympics bronze medallist will face Scotland's Kristy Gilmour, who had clinched the silver medal in the last edition in 2014.
Pallikal-Ghosal in decider
The Indian duo of Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal stormed to the final of the squash mixed doubles event of the Commonwealth Games here on Friday. Pallikal and Ghosal overcame top seeds Joelle King and Paul Coll of New Zealand 2-1 in the semifinals. In a match that lasted 50 minutes, the fifth seeded Indian pair lost the first game 9-11. However, they fought back in the second game 11-8, levelling the tie at 1-1. The match then went down to the wire with both teams toiling for victory with Pallikal and Ghosal eventually succeeding 11-10 in the third game. In the women's doubles, defending champions Joshna Chinappa and Pallikal advanced into the semifinals. The Indian duo defeated the fifth seeded pair of Samantha Cornett and Nikki Todd of Canada 2-1 to claim a semifinal berth.
Neeraj qualifies for finals
Star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Friday qualified for the finals of his event at the Commonwealth Games after achieving the qualifying mark in just his first throw to finish second in his group. Joining Chopra in the men's javelin thrown finals was Vipin Kasana. Chopra threw the javelin to 80.42m to achieve the mark in his first attempt. The effort left him fourth overall in a field where seven of the 12 qualifiers achieved the mark set for the finals. "I was happy with my (only) throw of 80.42 (metres) when the automatic qualifying was set at 78mm," the 20-year-old said.
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ATHlETICS
Men's Javelin Throw Final (10:05 am)
Men's Triple Jump Final(10:45 am)
Men's 1500m Final (11:40 am)
Women's 4 x 400m Relay Final (12:08 pm)
Men's 4 x 400m Relay Final (12:37 pm)
BADMINTON
Kidambi Srikanth vs R Ouseph (Eng) (6:30 am)
H S Prannoy vs lee Chong (Malaysia) (6:30 am)
Saina Nehwal vs K Gilmour (Scotland) (6:30 am)
P V Sindhu vs li Michelle (Canada) (6:30 am)
BOXING
MC Mary Kom vs K O'hara (N Ireland) (7:32 am)
Amit vs Galal Yafai (Eng) (8:17 am)
Gaurav Solanki vs B Irvine (N Ireland) (8:32 am)
Manish Kaushik vs Harry Garside (Aus) (8:47 am)
Vikas Krishan vs DW Seyi (Cameroon) (3:17 pm)
Satish Kumar vs Frazer Clarke (Eng) (3:47 pm)
HOCKEY
Women’s Bronze medal: India vs Eng (6:00am)
Men’s Bronze medal: India vs England (2:30 pm)
SQUASH
Women's Doubles Semi Final (7:30 am)
Mixed Doubles Gold Medal Match (2:30 pm)
WRESTlING
Sakshi Malik vs B Emillene (Cameroon) (6:00 am)
Vinesh Phogat vs M Genesis (Nigeria) (6:00 am)
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