Commonwealth Games 2022: Sreeja Akula goes down combating in desk tennis bronze medal match towards Yangzi Liu

Commonwealth Games 2022: Sreeja Akula tried her coronary heart out within the match towards Australia, however after seven video games, they threw within the towel.

Sreeja Akula of India. Courtesy: AP

HIGHLIGHTSSreeja Akula misplaced the match Liu 11-3, 6-11, 2-11, 11-7, 13-15, 11-9, 7-11Sreeja Akula gained the primary recreation, however was pushed to the backfoot thereafterSreeja Akula was one of many strongest contenders to win gold

Sreeja Akula, on Sunday, August 7, agonizingly missed out on successful the bronze medal within the girls’s desk tennis singles occasion at Commonwealth Games 2022. She misplaced to Australia’s Yangzi Liu 11-3, 6-11, 2-11, 11-7, 13-15, 11-9, 7-11.

She began the match by successful the primary recreation, however she misplaced some momentum within the subsequent two video games. Being underneath stress to make a comeback, Akula gained the fourth recreation to make it 2-2. The fifth recreation went proper right down to the wire earlier than the Australian star gained.

Akula was by no means going to die questioning as she gained the sixth recreation, however the going wasn’t simple for her by any means. At one time limit, she was trailing 1-7, however she made an unimaginable comeback to take the match into the deciding recreation.

In the final and ultimate recreation of the match, Akula went 1-5 down, however she once more threatened to make a comeback. This time round, the Australian didn’t let her opponent get a foothold again within the contest.

Earlier, Akula misplaced her semi-final match to Singapore’s Feng Tianwe with the scoreline studying 6-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11th of September, 8-11, 11-8, 10-12. Even in that recreation, Akula didn’t throw within the towel and made her opponent work onerous for each single level.

In the meantime, after taking place within the bronze medal match, Akula garnered reward from each nook and nook of the nation for displaying a large amount of grit and willpower. She is at present ranked World No 68 and was a powerful contender for gold at CWG.

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