Commonwealth Games 2018: Badminton Men's Singles Final, India's Kidambi Srikanth fighting for Gold, Live Updates

Lee def Srikanth 19-21, 21-14, 21-14 to get the gold medal

Updated: 15 April 2018 08:23 IST - Published: April, 14 2018 09:37 PM IST

Final score: Lee def Srikanth 19-21, 21-14, 21-14

But, this was a great effort from Srikanth nonetheless! He had never been into a CWG final before! And in his first appearance in the final, he managed to take a game off the legendary Lee and display his fiery attack!

That will surely stand him in good stead for the rest of the season.

Age is just a number! A legend remains a legend forever! What a show that was from the great Lee Chong Wei!

From the second game, we got to see a very different Lee Chong Wei....the champion in him awoke. He gave Srikanth absolutely no chance after that!

Salute to the great Malaysian!

It was a wonderful embrace at the net between the two after the match.

THIS IS LEE'S THIRD GOLD MEDAL FROM THE CWG!!!!!

LEE GETS THE WIN WITH A POINT AT THE NET AND LIES FLAT ON THE COURT!

GOLD MEDAL POINT FOR LEE CHONG WEI!!!!!

Srikanth trails 14-19 now after a couple of attacking shots go his way!

WHAT ATTACK FROM LEE FROM THE FRONT COURT!!!!

19-12 TO THE MALAYSIAN!

THIS IS PURE MASTERCLASS!

WHAT A SHOW FROM THE MAN IN HIS FINAL CWG APPEARANCE!!!

And he makes it 18-10

And yet again an error from the Indian and it is 17-10 to the former World No. 1

16-10 now in favour of Lee

it's 16-8 to Lee and the Malaysian fans have gone wild!!!!!

Another error from the Indian and Lee is up 15-8

Srikanth is there but there has been a dent in his confidence!

It's 14-7 to the great Malaysian now!

He can't put a foot wrong at the moment

Smash and it is 13-7 to Lee

Controlling the front court like a boss and attacking so well!

Now Srikanth has a half-smash that gets him one point back. Lee dived for it but couldn't reach!

It's 12-7 to Lee

LEE IS SMASHING EVERYWHERE NOW!!!!!!

GOES INTO THE INTERVAL WITH AN 11-5 ADVANTAGE!!!!

Srikanth pulls back one point and trails 5-9 now

Lee is schooling Srikanth at the moment!

Outsmarts the Indian and goes up to 9-4

Srikanth gets back a couple of points to trail 3-7

7-1

one-way traffic!

It's 6-1 to Lee

The pressure is clearly on Srikanth's shoulders

Srikanth is a bit tentative now and it is showing!

5-1 lead to Lee

Great shot at the net by Srikanth and he makes it 1-3

He is controlling the front court with such authority!

It's a 3-0 lead for the great Lee in Game 3

Lee is looking for his third CWG gold while Srikanth is looking for his first in individuals

We now have a decider!

One game shoot-off between the former World No. 1 and the current World No. 1

A fired-up Lee Chong Wei gets the second game 21-14

Lee determined to take this to a decider!

19-14

Lee up to 18-14

And the shuttle clips the line after a fabulous disguise from Lee

Lee 17-13

Lee looking really comfortable now and has all the answers!

Lee up 16-13

That fires up Lee and he is up 15-12

Srikanth closed in on 12-13 but a miscued smash sends Lee up to 14-12

And Srikanth snatched a point after Lee went up to 13-10

And Lee strings together a few more points to keep his two-point advantage

12-10

Lee is defending well now and that rewards him with an 11-9 lead going into the mid-game interval.

It's 9-9

Raised fist from Srikanth after a jump smash from him ends a long rally!

9-8 to Srikanth

And Lee makes it all level!

Not much to choose between the two at the moment!

8-8

Great disguise from the World No. 1 as he goes up to 8-7

And it is 6-6

AND IT IS ALL EVEN NOW!

5-5

And Lee goes long now!

Srikanth 4-5

It's 5-3 to Lee presently

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