Sindhu is a well known Indian badminton player who is now in the semi finals of Rio Olympics 2016.
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In a nail biting match, PV Sindhu lost to Spain’s Carolina Marin 2-1.
“I’m the first Indian woman to get a silver medal at the Olympics so that’s a great thing for me”. Subsequently, Sindhu took on Chinese Taipei player Tai Tzu-Ying in the quarterfinals, and completely outperformed her with her blazing speed. “She got herself to the highest stage in the world and won the silver medal, which is a fantastic performance”.
The day was different when all the news items focused only on the prestigious and most awaited Women’s Gold Medal Match, with all hopes laying on P.V Sindhu the ace shuttler of India. However, Marin’s big match experience and fitness helped her win the big points as Sindhu struggled at the net.
In the first set, Sindhu was down 16-19 at one point and but fought back strongly to take the set 21-19.
Until now, world no. 5 Saina Nehwal, also from Hyderabad, was the only Indian player to win an Olympic medal in badminton with her bronze from the 2012 London Olympics. Carolina Marin in women’s singles final and settled with a silver medal on Friday.
BAI also announced a reward of Rs 10 lakhs for Dronacharya awardee coach Pullella Gopichand who trained Sindhu to achieve this feat.
The firebrand Hyderabadi shuttler, who was on a giant-killing run leading up to the finals could not manage to stay true to her game, giving in to too many unforced errors. Win the first Olympic Gold for Badminton for the country? “In mens’s singles Srikanth lost very closely”, she said. She secured a place in the finals after beating Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara – ranked sixth in the world – in straight sets 21-19, 21-10 spanning 51 minutes in the semi-finals. “All I can tell them is, “Hard luck, but well played”, she said before signing off.
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“She was playing her first Olympics and still won the silver medal”.
