Singapore shuttlers in easy win
Singapore’s shuttlers made a clean sweep of their preliminary round matches at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow on Wednesday at the Commonwealth Games.
Derek Wong and Chao Huang both won their men’s singles matches against Seychelles’ Georgie Cupidon (21-3, 21-4) and Ayman Jaman of Bangladesh (21-7, 21-7) respectively, while Liang Xiaoyu won her women’s singles match against Diana Archer of Ghana 21-4, 21-2.
In the mixed doubles, second seeded pair Danny Chrisnanta and Vanessa Neo beat Canada’s Michelle Li and Adrian Liu 21-13, 21-8.
In gymnastics, Aizat Jufrie qualified for the individual vault finals later this morning (3am). Gabriel Gan finished 23rd out of 24 with a score of 74.781 in the men’s individual all-around finals.
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