Liew, Gilmour take Ahmedabad Smash Masters to second victory

The mixed doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and N Sikki Reddy and Malaysian Daren Liew defeated their more experienced opponents to help Ahmedabad Smash Masters beat Delhi Dashers in the Premier Badminton League here on Wednesday.

The Smash Masters, who had started their fourth season campaign with a convincing 4-1 win over North Eastern Warriors, continued from where they left in Mumbai to win their opening two matches before their skipper Viktor Axelsen suffered a reversal.

However, Kristy Gilmour came back after losing the opening game to beat Evgeniya Kosetskaya 12-15 15-12 15-7 to inflict second straight loss on Deshi Dashers.

Gilmour looked completely out of sorts till the midway stage of the second game when she suffered a fall while trying to return a sliced drop from Kosetskaya.

While she took time to get up and return to court, it seemed the break allowed her to rework her game plan and then it was no stopping the CWG medallist Scottish women's singles player. She ...