Pv sindhu

Pusarla Venkata Sindhu is an Indian Badminton Player. She is the only Indian woman to win two individual Olympic medals. In March 2015, Sindhu was honoured with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour of India, for her contribution towards sports. In 2018, she ranked seventh in the Forbes list of “Highest-Paid Female Athletes” and stood first on Forbes India’s first list of 22 Young Achievers. P. V. Sindhu’s childhood picture She attended Auxilium High School. She was good at studies in her childhood and wanted to be a doctor. Sindhu started playing Badminton when she was just 8 and a half year old. Initially, she played it for fun but soon she realised that she wanted to make a career in it. She enrolled herself at the Indian Railway Institute in Secunderabad to learn the basics of the game from Mehboob Ali and later joined Pullela Gopichand’s badminton academy to enhance her skills. Sindhu is till date (as in 2019) coached by Pullela Gopichand. Notably, he is also the chief coach of the Indian Badminton team. Thereafter, she enrolled herself in St. Ann’s College for Women to pursue MBA. Physical Appearance Height: 5′ 10 1⁄2″ Weight (approx.): 65 Kg Eye Colour: Black Hair Colour: Black Figure Measurements (approx.): 34-26-36 Family, Caste & Boyfriend P. V. Sindhu is the daughter of P. V. Ramana and P. Vijaya. Both her parents are former Volleyball players. Her father, P. V. Ramana, was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2000 for his contribution towards sports. She ha...

Jakarta: Star Indian shuttler PV Sindhu roared back to form, ousting home favourite Gregoria Mariska Tunjung in straight games in the opening round of the Indonesia Open World Tour Super 1000 event, here on Tuesday. The double Olympic medallist and former world champion, who made first round exits from the last two events, took 38 minutes to prevail over her recent nemesis from Indonesia 21-19 21-15 and seal a pre-quarterfinal berth. This was also Sindhu’s first win against Tunjung in her last three games as she had lost to the Indonesian in the Madrid Masters final and Malaysian Masters semifinal earlier this year. Singapore Open: Defending champion PV Sindhu, in-form HS Prannoy eye good show Indonesia Open: HS Prannoy to lead India's charge at the tournament Sindhu, who has slipped to world No 13 in rankings, overcame a stiff challenge in the first game when the local challenger led 9-7 with a crosscourt drop. Using her height to full advantage, Sindhu snatched the lead 11-10 following three consecutive errors by Tunjung and sealed the first game. After an edgy start, Sindhu was in full flow in the second game, forcing Tunjung to commit a lot of errors as the Indian finally managed to end her string of losses and extended her overall head-to-head record to 8-2. Sindhu now faces an even tougher battle as she is next up against third seed Tai Tzu Ying. The Taiwanese star is on an eight-match winning streak against the Indian and overall leads 18-5 on head-to-head. It was a...

India had a mixed result on the first day of the ongoing Indonesia Open 2023 as many women’s double pair suffered early exit while the ace players dominated their men’s and women’s singles matches respectively in Jakarta on Tuesday. Playing first on Tuesday, India’s two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu stormed into the second round of the women’s singles event with a straight-game win over local player Gregoria Mariska Tunjung. The 13th in the BWF world rankings, Sindhu outplayed world No. 9 Gregoria Mariska Tunjung 21-19, 21-15. Sindhu’s win is remarkable as Tunjung had knocked her out in the Malaysia Masters in the semi-finals. Earlier, the Indonesian shuttler had beaten her in the Madrid Spain Masters title with a victory in the final. In the opening game, PV Sindhu and Gregoria Mariska Tunjung played toe-to-toe with the lead changing hands multiple times. With the game deadlocked at 14, the Indian stepped up her game and won five straight points to grab the lead despite several tight rallies. The second game was more straightforward as PV Sindhu dominated Tunjung and sealed the match with ease. PV Sindhu, a former world champion, will face world No. 3 Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei, who is also the defending Indonesia Open champion, in round two. In the men’s singles category, HS Prannoy, ranked eighth in the world, won 21-16, 21-14 over Japan’s world No. 11 Kenta Nishimoto in the opening round of the BWF World Tour Super 1000 event to enter the pre-quarterfinal. HS Pr...

SINGAPORE: Indian shuttler PV Sindhu stormed into the Singapore Open title clash with a commanding win over lower-ranked Japanese Saena Kawakami in the women's singles semi-final, here on Saturday. Sindhu, a double Olympic medallist, who had claimed two Super 300 titles at Syed Modi International and Swiss Open this year, prevailed 21-15 21-7 over world number 38 Kawakami in a 32-minute last-four clash. The 27-year-old from Hyderabad, who has also claimed a bronze at the Asian Championships this year, is now one win away from her maiden Super 500 title of the 2022 season. In the finals, the third seeded Indian will face China's 22-year-old Wang Zhi Yi, the reigning Asian Championships gold medallist, who was also part of the Uber Cup team, which won the silver at Bangkok this year. Wang beat Japan's Ohori Aya 21-14 21-14. Sindhu had defeated world number 11 Wang in their only meeting at the All England Championships this year. A two-time World Junior Champion and a Youth Olympics silver medallist, Wang had also reached the finals of Indonesia Open Super 1000 in June. Sindhu came into the match with a 2-0 head-to-head record, having played her last at the 2018 China Open. Kawakami had received a walk-over from top-seed Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in the second round. A former world number 15, Kawakami, winner of the 2019 Orleans Masters and a finalist at Swiss Open the same year, was a part of the Japanese women's team that won the bronze medal in May this year. The Japa...