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Commonwealth Games 2018: Loughborough College student Ross Wilson wins table tennis gold

Posted: 14th April 2018 - 10:43am
Commonwealth Games 2018: Loughborough College student Ross Wilson wins table tennis gold

Loughborough College student Ross Wilson has taken gold for England in the Commonwealth Games TT6-10 para table tennis.

A two-time Paralympic medal winner in the team event, Wilson beat England teammate Kim Daybell 3-1 to claim the Commonwealth title.

Daybell was the favourite and took the opening game 11-7 with Wilson losing five points on his own serve on the way.

But the Loughborough College sport student fought back.

Game two proved to be a turning point in the match with the contest swinging both ways before Wilson finally took it 12-10 to level things up.

The victory appeared to give Wilson the lift he needed, and he raced through the third set 11-3 to move one away from the gold medal.

Daybell put up a better fight in the fourth set, but a run of six points in a row - and nine points won on his own serve - helped Wilson clinch an 11-7 victory.

Daybell was forced to settle for silver, completing an all-British podium after Joshua Stacey of Wales had earlier won bronze.