However, Marin made a strong comeback and won the next two games 21-12 and 21-15 becoming the first European shuttler to win gold in the Olympics.
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After a hard-fought summit clash which lasted one hour and 20 minutes, with fortunes fluctuating dramatically, Sindhu was beaten 21-19, 12-21, 15-21 by World No.1 Carolina Marin of Spain.
After Sakshi Malik won the bronze medal in wrestling on Thursday, Sindhu’s silver was India’s second medal at Rio and she said that things will be different in her life from now on. “It is really an important medal for Spanish badminton”, said Carolina, quite excited and emotional about her achievement.
But despite all this heartbreak, Sindhu wasn’t despondent. If you’re searching for “Sindhu Olympics” we have details on her place in the finals, too.
The company has also congratulated the badminton icon.
On Friday, Sindhu, who has assured India a silver medal, will go for a tough challenge and it will be interesting to see how Gopichand guides her to the gold medal.
Fu and Zhang held their nerve in a tense final set to win 16-21 21-11 23-21 on the penultimate day of badminton action. Sindhu beat several higher-ranked players through the tournament to enter the finals, where she was beaten by World No. 1 Carolina Marin of Spain. “Thank you also to all of Huelva and my family”, she added. To her credit, she put in a remarkable performance, taking the World No. 1 to the very end in an extraordinary match.
The women’s bronze medal match was not played as Li Xuerui of China gave a walkover to Nozomi Okuhara of Japan, owing to a leg injury.
After all, it was an excellent effort by Sindhu who was in a never-say-die mood and made India proud by winning the silver medal, first by an Indian woman in Olympics. Sindhu however has clinched a silver medal for India.
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Quarter-final: By beating 2012 London Olympics silver medalist Wang Yihan in the quarterfinals, Sindhu nearly assured a medal for country.
