Represented by Wang Yue Gu, Sun Bei Bei and Yu Meng Yu; Singapore won the Women’s Team title at the Commonwealth Championships in Glasgow on Friday 22nd May 2009 beating geographical neighbours, Malaysia, by three matches to nil at the final hurdle.

It was victory yet again for the south east Asian country and it was gained in the city where they won the title for the first time.

In 1997 they won in Glasgow and they have won ever since.

They succeeded on home soil in 2000, in New Delhi in 2001, in Kuala Lumpur in 2004 and in Japiur in 2007; for the sixth time the crown was theirs in Scotland.

Yu Meng Yu in Form
Yu Meng Yu gave Singapore the perfect start by beating Beh Lee Wei in three straight games; after a close first game she accelerated gaining in confidence; her speed too great for the counter attacking skills of the Malaysian and the varying degrees of topspin forcing errors.

A convincing win by Yu Meng Yu but the next duel was somewhat different; it finished in convincing style but it certainly did not start in that fashion.

Convincing Start, Convincing Finish
Ng Sock Khim, who had impressed throughout the first and second stages of the tournament, raced into a 6-0 first game lead against Wang Yue Gu; she was in full flow, her topspin play from both backhand forehand consistent and causing her more experienced adversary great problems.

Wang Yue Gu, usually strong from the backhand, made mistakes; the Malaysian captured the first two games.

However, experience told, the errors were eliminated in the next three games, just as Ng Sock Khim had dominated the first two games, so Wang Yue Gu dominated the next three.

She took the top seeds into a two matches to nil lead.

Writing on Wall
The writing was now on the wall in indelible ink.

Sun Bei Bei, the reigning Women’s Singles champion, was in no mood for charity; she dominated matters from start to finish against the less experienced Chiu Soo Jiin.

In straight games she succeeded; once again it was gold for Singapore, for Malaysia, there was the consolation of silver.

Bronze Medallists
Decided one day earlier the bronze medallists were India (Neha Aggarwal, Mouma Das, Poulomi Ghatak, Shamini Kumaresan, madhurika Patkar) and Australia (Claire Campbell-Innes, Per Campbell-Innes, Miao Miao, Stephanie Xu).

Result
MALAYSIA 0-3 SINGAPORE
Beh Lee Wei v Yu Meng Yu 8-11, 2-11, 6-11
Ng Sock Khim v Wang Yue Gu 11-5, 11-5, 5-11, 3-11, 4-11
Chiu Soo Jiin v Sun Bei Bei 4-11, 5-11, 7-11