Saina Nehwal is now the top 3 female badminton player in the world. She used to occupy the world no. 1 ranking too. Congrats Saina
In the 2010, Commonwealth Games in her home country in New Delhi, India, Saina beat Malaysia's top player - Wong Mew Choo in the mixed team event. However Malaysia went on to win the gold courtesy of their men's world no. 1 Lee Chong Wei, men doubles' world no. 1 Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong and also the mixed doubles pair of Boon Heong and Wong Pei Ty.
In the individual event, Saina Nehwal created history by blanking her opponent from Northern Ireland, Caroline Black 21-0, 21-2.
MEET - SAINA NEHWAL (FUTURE OLYMPICS, ALL ENGLAND, WORLD CHAMPION, WORLD NO 1 ???)
INDIA'S 3 BADMINTON GREATS...
SYED MODI (1982 COMMONWEALTH CHAMPION)
PULLELA GOPICHAND (2001 ALL ENGLAND CHAMPION)
PRAKASH PADUKONE (1980 ALL ENGLAND CHAMPION) Being a Malaysian, I am of course a hardcore badminton supporter of Malaysia.
However i am tempted to blog about Saina Nehwal - a badminton player from India.
However i am tempted to blog about Saina Nehwal - a badminton player from India.
To start with, Badminton may not be a popular sport in India. India itself is not a badminton powerhouse as compared to China, Indonesia, Malaysia & Denmark.
However, India had their own badminton greats - notably 3 persons.
The late Syed Modi, the 1982 Commonwealth Games champion, 1980 All England champion Prakash Padukone and very recently Pullela Gopichand who captured the 2001 All England crown, but the list STOP there. There are no new notabale badminton players from India.
But 7 years after Pullela Gopichand's historic All England crown, India has once again produce a rising badminton superstar - a fresh hope, a new phenomenon, an excitement of the badminton world.
SAINA NEHWAL - INDIA'S RISING BADMINTON STARThe name is Saina Nehwal - hardly rings any bells right?
Sania Mirza - India's HOT tennis beautyInstead Sania Mirza (India's hot and beautiful tennis superstar) is currently ringing the bell as India's most popular sportswoman and perhaps among the sexiest in the Tennis world too..!!
However, Saina Nehwal, grabbed India's cricket crazy media attention in the Beijing Olympics last August when she became the first ever Indian shuttler to reach the quarter-finals at the Olympics.
A month after the Olympics, the 18 year old girl from Haryana went on to win the Taiwan Open and reached the semi-finals of the China Masters Super Series and the quarter-finals of the Hong Kong Open which helped her to a career high World No 10 ranking.
Another significant breakthrough was achieved when she became the FIRST Indian player to win a world junior crown in Pune in November, further cementing her potential as one of the players to watch out in the future.
In the ongoing Badminton World Super Series Master Final in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, Saina, coached by none other than Pullela Gopichand himself, reached the Semi Final after defeating Pi Hong Yan of France and local hero Wong Mew Choo of Malaysia.
In the semi final match, Saina fought bravely, gamely, steadfastly, gigantically and heroically against her much fancied opponent - Hong Kong's Wang Chen, winning the first set 21-15. However she eventually lost the 2 remaining sets, 14-21, 16-21.
KEEP IT ON SAINA NEHWAL!!! ROAR LIKE A TIGER !!! TERUSKAN MENGAUM!!!
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