P V Sindhu wins silver in women’s singles badminton

In Sports
August 20, 2016

PV Sindhu won silver medal for India at Rio Olympics 2016. India’s sensational shuttler PV Sindhu took on Spain’s Carolina Marin in the finals of women’s singles badminton. The match, as expected, proved to be a cracker of a game. Carolina Marin of Spain beat P.V. Sindhu of India to take gold and Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara won the bronze medal.

Taking on the World No.1 at the finals of Rio Olympics 2016 ended up taking a mental toll on PV Sindhu. She appeared on the defensive mode in the first few minutes of the game. PV Sindhu won the first set of the match. However, Carolina Marin came back in a scathing manner in the second set. In the third round, Sindhu could not take the lead against her. The final scores are 21-19, 12-21, 15-21.

PV Sindhu had defeated a total of five athletes to reach the finals. From the beginning of her Rio campaign, PV Sindhu has exhibited a dominating performance. She began by defeating Hungary’s Laura Sarosi 21-8, 21-9, followed by an impressive victory over Michelle Li (19-21, 21-15, 21-17).

Sindhu took on Chinese Taipei player Tai Tzu-Ying in the quarterfinals, and completely outperformed her with her blazing speed. The toughest challenge for Sindhu was expected be her bout against Chinese shuttler Wang Yin. However, Sindhu won the extremely competitive match with a 22-20, 21-19 score.
In the semifinals, she met Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara. Sindhu kept the Japanese shuttler on the defensive mode since the start match. She was in top form, and it was by far, her most dominant performance. Sindhu had won the match 21-9, 21-10.
The greatest challenge to PV Sindhu came in the finals when she took on Spain’s legendary shuttler Carolina Marin. The Spaniard player is often referred to ‘Girl Nadal’, a reference to tennis icon from Spain, Rafael Nadal. This was the second encounter between Marin and Sindhu. At the Hong Kong Open in 2015, Marin had defeated Sindhu.

About PV Sindhu:

Pusarla Venkata Sindhu (born 5 July 1995) is an Indian professional badminton player.Sindhu received international attention as she broke into the Top 20 in the Badminton World Federation rankings released on 21 September 2012.

On 10 August 2013, Sindhu became the first ever Indian women’s singles player to win a medal at the 2013 World Championships. On 30 March 2015, she received India’s fourth highest civilian honor, the Padma Shri.