India’s badminton campaign at the Asian Games started on a mixed note as Saina Nehwal triumphed in the women’s team event but Arvind Bhat lost his singles match of the men’s team event here on Saturday.

NEW DELHI: Top seed Saina Nehwal became the first women Indian shuttler to win a gold medal in a singles event at the Commonwealth Games after a grueling three-game victory over Malaysian Mew Choo Wong in the individual badminton event on Thursday.

New Delhi : A wrong umpiring decision dashed P Kashyap's hopes of a maiden Commonwealth Games final but Saina Nehwal and women's doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa assured India of silver medals after advancing to the finals of the individual badminton event here on Tuesday.

In a nail-biting semifinal clash, which went down to the wires, Kashyap and Rajiv Ouseph were locked at 18-all in the decider when a cross-court smash by the English shuttler landed just outside the left side of the court.

New Delhi: India's Saina Nehwal produced a dominating performance while Parupalli Kashyap pulled off a stunning upset to advance to the women's and men's singles semifinals in the badminton event at the common wealth games here on Monday.

In contrasting wins, Kashyap fought back from a game down for a 19-21, 21-19, 21-16 upset win over fourth-seeded Malaysian Muhammad Hafiz Hashim while Saina outclassed Canada's Anna Rice during her 21-7, 21-10 victory.