P.V.SINDHU MAY GET GOLD IN RIO 2016- UNIQUE PERFORMENCE

P.V.SINDHU  MAY GET GOLD IN RIO 2016-

 UNIQUE PERFORMENCE

Pusarla Venkata Sindhu (born 5 July 1995) is an Indian badminton player from Hyderabad, India.

P. V. Sindhu
Personal information
Birth name	P. V. Sindhu
Country	India
Born	5 July 1995 (age 21) Hyderabad, Telangana,India
Residence	Hyderabad, India
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Pullela Gopichand
Women's Singles
Highest ranking	9 (13 March 2014[1])
Current ranking	10 (7 Apr 2016[2])
Medal record[hide] Representing  India Women's badminton World Championships 2013 Guangzhou Women's Singles 2014 Copenhagen Women's Singles Uber Cup 2014 New Delhi Team 2016 Kunshan Team Asian Games 2014 Incheon Women's team Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Women's Singles Asia Championships 2014 Gimcheon Women's Singles South Asian Games 2016 Guwahati Women's Singles 2016 Guwahati Women's Team Asian Junior Championships 2011 Lucknow Girl's Singles 2011 Lucknow Mixed Team 2012 Gimcheon Girl's Singles Commonwealth Youth Games 2011 Douglas Girl's Singles
BWF profile

On 10 August 2013, Sindhu became the first ever Indian women's singles player to win a medal at the World Championships. On 30 March 2015, she received India's fourth highest civilian honor, the Padma Shri.[3] She broke into the Top 20 in the Badminton World Federation rankings released on 21 September 2012.[4]

Sindhu's father Ramana is himself an Arjuna Awardee. Ramana represented India in Volleyball.

Childhood and early training[edit]

Pusarla Venkata Sindhu was born in a Telugu family to P. V. Ramana and P. Vijaya – both former volleyball players. Ramana also won the Government of India-instituted 2000 Arjuna Award for his sport.[5] Though her parents played professional volleyball, Sindhu chose badminton over it because she drew inspiration from the success of Pullela Gopichand, the 2001 All England Open Badminton Champion.[6] She eventually started playing badminton from the age of eight.[5]

Sindhu first learned the basics of the sport with the guidance of Mehboob Ali at the badminton courts of Indian Railway Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications in Secunderabad. Soon after she joined Pullela Gopichand's badminton academy.[6] While profiling Sindhu's career, a correspondent with The Hindu wrote:

The fact that she reports on time at the coaching camps daily, travelling a distance of 56 km from her residence, is perhaps a reflection of her willingness to complete her desire to be a good badminton player with the required hard work and commitment.[6]

Gopichand seconded this correspondent's opinion when he said that "the most striking feature in Sindhu's game is her attitude and the never-say-die spirit."[7] After joining Gopichand's badminton academy, Sindhu won several titles. In the under-10 years category, 




she won the 5th Servo All India ranking championship in the doubles category and the singles title at the Ambuja Cement All India ranking. In the under-13 years category, Sindhu won the singles title at the Sub-juniors in Pondicherry, doubles titles at the Krishna Khaitan All India Tournament, IOC All India Ranking, the Sub-Junior Nationals and the All India Ranking in Pune.

 She also won the under-14 team gold medal at the 51st National School Games in India.[5]

Achievements[edit]

Individual titles (6)[edit]

S. No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
1	2011	Indonesia International	Fransisca Ratnasari	21-16, 21-11[29]
2	2013	Malaysia Masters	Gu Juan	21–17, 17–21, 21–19
3	2013	Macau Open	Michelle Li	21–15, 21–12
4	2014	Macau Open	Kim Hyo-min	21–12, 21–17
5	2015	Macau Open	Minatsu Mitani	21–9, 21-23, 21-14
6	2016	Malaysia Masters	Kirsty Gilmour	21-15, 21-9

     Grand Prix Gold

     International Challenge

Individual runners-up (5)[edit]

S. No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
1	2011	Dutch Open	Yao Jie	16-21, 17-21
2	2012	Syed Modi International	Lindaweni Fanetri	15-21, 21-18, 18-21
3	2014	Syed Modi International	Saina Nehwal	14-21, 17-21
4	2015	Denmark Open	Li Xuerui	19-21, 12-21
5	2016	South Asian Games	Gadde Ruthvika Shivani	11-21,20-22

     Super Series Premier

     Grand Prix Gold

     Grand Prix

Career overview[edit]

Singles performance timeline[edit]

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

SF-B

S

G

NH

N/A

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	SR	Best
BWF events
BWF World Junior Championships	2R	QF	3R	Absent			N/A		0/3	QF ('10)
BWF World Championships	Absent			NH	B	B	QF	NH	0/3	SF ('13, '14)
Olympics	NH			DNQ	NH					DNQ
BWF Super Series
All England Super Series Premier	Absent			1R	2R	1R	A	1R	0/4	2R ('13)
India Open Super Series	N/A		1R	QF	SF	1R	A	QF	0/5	SF ('13)
Malaysia Super Series Premier	Absent			Q1[30]	1R	2R	A	QF	0/4	QF ('16)
Singapore Open Super Series	Absent			1R	A	QF	A	2R	0/3	QF ('14)
Indonesia Super Series Premier	Absent			2R	A	1R	1R	A	0/3	2R ('12)
Australian Open Super Series	N/A					QF	1R	1R	0/3	QF ('14)
Japan Open Super Series	Absent			2R	2R	A	1R		0/3	2R ('12, '13)
Korea Open Super Series	Absent			Q2[31]	2R	A	2R		0/3	2R ('13, '15)
Denmark Super Series Premier	Absent				1R	QF	F		0/3	F ('15)
French Open Super Series	Absent				2R	1R	1R		0/3	2R ('13)
China Open Super Series Premier	Absent		Q2[32]	1R	Absent		2R		0/3	2R ('15)
Hong Kong Open Super Series	Absent		Q2[33]	1R	1R	2R	1R		0/5	2R ('14)
China Masters Super Series	Absent			SF	A	N/A			0/1	SF ('12)
BWF Super Series Masters Finals	Did Not Qualify									DNQ
BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix
Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold	Absent			SF	W	A	SF	W	2/4	W ('13, '16)
Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold	QF[34]	SF[35]	2R[36]	F	NH	F	SF	2R	0/7	F ('12, '14)
German Open Grand Prix Gold	Absent			1R[37]	Absent			QF	0/2	QF ('16)
Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold	N/A		A	1R	2R	SF	A	QF	0/4	SF ('14)
China Masters Grand Prix Gold	N/A					Absent		QF	0/1	QF ('16)
Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold	Absent						2R		0/1	2R ('15)
Vietnam Open Grand Prix	Absent		QF[38]	Absent					0/1	QF ('11)
Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold	Absent						QF		0/1	QF ('15)
Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold	Absent			2R	Absent				0/1	2R ('12)
Dutch Open Grand Prix	Absent		F[39]	Absent					0/1	F ('12)
Macau Open Grand Prix Gold	Absent				W	W	W		3/3	W ('13, '14, '15)
India Open Grand Prix Gold	Q2[40]	2R[41]	N/A						0/2	2R ('10)
Year-end Ranking[42]	255	151	31	19	11	11	12

Summer Olympics[edit]

2016 Summer Olympics[edit]

See also: Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's singles

Stage	Opponent	Result	Games	Points
Group Stage	Michelle Li (CAN)	Won	2-1	19-21, 21-15, 21-17
Group Stage	Laura Sárosi (HUN)	Won	2-0	21-4, 21-9
Pre-Quarter Finals	Tai Tzu-ying (TPE)	Won	2-0	21-13,21-15
Quarter Finals	Wang Yihan (CHN)	Won	2-0	22-20, 21-19
Semi-finals	Nozomi Okuhara (JPN)	Won	2-0	21-19, 21-10

Honors[edit]

• Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India, in 2015.^[43]
• FICCI Breakthrough Sportsperson of the Year 2014^[44]
• NDTV Indian of the Year 2014.^[45]