Saina Nehwal, the first Indian woman to win a Super Series tournament, became the first to win a Commonwealth gold medal on Thursday, but had to save a fraught match point to do it. The great home favourite made the last match of the tournament the most dramatic, surviving by about one inch near the end of the second game in a 19-21, 23-21, 21-13 victory over the second seeded Wong Mew Choo.
"This was the toughest match of my career," said Nehwal. "I couldn't sleep and I had a lot of tension, which meant I did not always play at my best. All Indian players face that here, but for me I only get it in finals."