Historic outing for racket wielders, Cummings, Britton, and Franklin on Day 7 of CWG

Natalie Cummings

By Emmerson Campbell in Birmingham, England

Natalie Cummings recorded Guyana’s highlight performance of these Commonwealth Games so far when she served, looped, and smashed her way to the women’s singles Round of 16 following a seven-game thriller with Ruqayyah Kinoo of Mauritius.

On a chilly evening at the National Exhibition Centre here in Birmingham, England, the pair provided quite a bit of fireworks during their marathon racket duel, but Cummings held her nerve to historically progress to the Round of 16.