From crying at missing sessions to winning Quarter-finals at Tokyo Olympics, know unknown facts about PV Sindhu

As for the world badminton player, ranked 5, she was first defeated by P.V. Sindhu in a recent match held in the All England championship quarterfinals

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P.V. Sindhu had defeated Denmark’s Mia Blichfeldt and had cleared the round of 16, after which she had entered the quarter-finals, and this match is against Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi. Sidhu beats Yamaguchi at 21-33, 22-21, making her way to the semi-finals.

Born on July 5, 1995, Pusarla Venkata Sindhu is a professional badminton player; she has won many tournaments including that of Olympics, and 2019 World Championships. She has made history by becoming the first Indian Badminton player to be Badminton World Champion, and first Indian Women to win silver in an Olympic silver medal in 2016.

Let’s discover the interesting facts about P.V. Sindhu:

1. P.V. Sindhu’s dad was awarded Arjuna award in 2002. Both of her parents are national volleyball players, her sister played handball at the national level.

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2. She was initially trained by Mehboob Ali in which she learned about the basics of badminton.

3. Pullea Gopichand was the inspiration of P.V. Sindhu and his success story was the reason the 8-year-old became interested in badminton.

4. She later joined Gopichand’s Badminton Academy and used to reach the academy at 4 am, she used to wake up at 3 am and travel 56 km.

5. She is the first Indian female player to win Olympic silver and first Indian player to be Badminton World Champion.

6. Badminton was just a pastime for her, she used to play badminton to kill time, and she never knew that she would be an International player, changing history. After joining the academy at the age of 9 she seriously started practicing and analyzing her love towards the game.

7. At the age of 21, she had to stay away from some of her favorites, which included sweet curd, and mobile phone, which is something hard for a 21-year-old.

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8. Her father, didn’t force her to play volleyball, instead, he accompanied her to training and also moved his base closer to the academy so that Sindhu may not get exhausted. Sindhu used to cry on missing a session so her father made sure that never becomes the case.

9. In 2015, P.V. Sindhu was awarded for her excellence in sports; The award is the 4th highest Indian civilian award.

10. Currently, she is holding the 7th rank worldwide.

As for the world badminton player, ranked 5, she was first defeated by P.V. Sindhu in a recent match held in the All England championship quarterfinals, which was a thrilling match of 76 minutes and the badminton star held an edge of 11-7. The semifinals is tomorrow at 2.30 pm. 


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