Gilroy with her gold medal.
GILROY GRABS GOLD
Sue Gilroy was surprised by the ease of her victory after claiming gold in the
women's wheelchair singles on Sunday.
The 29-year-old teacher from Barnsley swept aside South Africa's Alette Moll
as she triumphed 11-5 13-11 11-3 at the Table Tennis Centre in Manchester.
It was Gilroy's sixth 3-0 whitewash of a tournament she has dominated but she
admitted she did not expect her final win to be so emphatic.
Gilroy said: "I was terrified before going out there, but this is something
you dream of, being Commonwealth champion. It is brilliant.
"The standard of the competition has been high, I've been up against some of
the best players in the world in the knockout stages.
"But I was surprised I won 3-0. Alette is a really good player and it was a
really close match when I played her a few weeks ago."
Gilroy was followed on court by Singapore's Yong Jun Duan and Jin Wei Li who
claimed gold in the mixed doubles with a 9-11 11-9 11-6 11-4 win over
Australians Brett Clarke and Jian Fang Lay.
Li's hopes of claiming a third gold of the Commonwealth Games were however
dashed as namesake Chunli Li of New Zealand avenged her defeat in the women's
doubles final with a 3-1 win in the singles.
Three times Olympian Chunli Li was rarely troubled as she eased to a 11-6 11-9
5-11 11-5 victory.
Nigeria's Sagun Toriola produced a stunning upset to beat top seed Johnny Huang
in the men's singles final.
Huang, whose Games will probably be best remembered for his storming out of
the arena during a doubles match, looked on course for the title as he built up
a 2-1 lead.
But Toriola, already a three time Olympian at 28, fought back to take the next
three tight games and the gold medal.
His 3-11 11-9 6-11 11-7 12-10 11-9 win was confirmed when Huang faulted on his
service.