Plucky PV Sindhu earns silver for India

However, Sindhu chose the sport Badminton as she was inspired by Pullela Gopichand, the 2001 All England Open Badminton Champion. The win got a lot of attention from the media who tipped her to play for honours at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

PV Sindhu won India’s first-ever silver medal in badminton at the Olympics on Friday, and was elated after winning India’s second medal in the competition. Both finalists, Sindhu and Spaniard Carolina Marin, showcased spectacular technique and power.

World No.10 Sindhu, who was trailing 16-19 at one point, fought her heart out and took five points on the trot to claim the first game in 27 minutes.

Superstar Rajnikanth on Friday congratulated badminton sensation PV Sindhu after she created history by bagging the silver medal at the Rio Olympics and declared himself a fan of the young player.

Then the Sindhu congratulated Carolina for her success with a hug and went back picked up Marines Racquet and kept it in the winners bag. I’ve been training hard and made so many sacrifices.

The 21-year-old player won 21-19 21-10 over Japanese world number three Nozomi Okuhara in the semifinals on Thursday after ousting world number two Wang Yihan of China 22-20, 21-19 in the quarterfinals. I never thought I would make it to the final.

“I ended up with silver medal but am really happy”, said Sindhu moments after losing her final clash 21-19 12-21 15-21 against Marin at the Rio Olympics.

“Of course, Carolina Marin was a deserving victor as she played exceptionally well. This I told her so that she doesn’t forget the effort she put in the last week”, Gopichand added.

Sindhu, nonetheless, became the fourth Indian to win a silver at the Olympics after shooters Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (2004, Athens) and Vijay Kumar (2012, London) and wrestler Sushil Kumar (2012, London).

If we talk about the Carolina Marin, She is an badminton athlete from Huelva, Spain.

Sindhu started playing badminton since she was eight years-old.

I’m a little Spaniard that broke the Asian world. He promised that she will come back a stronger, better player.

Sindhu is a two-time bronze medallist in World Championships.