PBL: Gabrielle injury helps Delhi seal win

LUCKNOW: An evening that started with joy for

Chennai Smashers

, ended in injury and despair as

Delhi Dashers

tipped them over 3-0 in the

Premier Badminton League

here on Wednesday.

An injury to Gabrielle Adcock brought down curtains on a thrilling evening at the BBD Badminton Academy. Playing their mixed doubles Trump match, the English player twisted her ankle while tripping over the feet of her husband Chris as the duo faced Ashwini Ponnappa and Ivanov Vladimir. That provided Delhi a point and a minus score for the Chennai side.

Earlier, Delhi started the evening on a wrong note when

Ivan Sozonoy

and Ivanov Vladmir were surprised 11-15, 11-15 by

Sumeeth Reddy

and Lee Yang in their men's doubles Trump game. Thereafter, it looked like an uphill task for them.

Delhi overcame that as Indonesian Vincent

Wong Wing-Ki

dominated his men's singles game against Frenchmen

Brice Leverdez

to triumph 15-10, 15-13. In the second men's singles, China's

Tian Houwei

beat

Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk

of Thailand to level the scores 1-1 and set up the marquee women's singles match between PV Sindhu and Sung Ji Hyun. The Korean world No. 6 upset the Indian star 11-15, 15-13, 15-14.

Pocketing the opening game without much trouble, Sindhu came up against a resilient Hyun, who restored parity in the second. The decider turned out to be a thriller after both went level at 11.