P.V. Sindhu on Friday made history by becoming the first Indian woman singles player to win a medal at the World Badminton Championships,

1. SINDHU MAKES BADMINTON HISTORY
P.V. Sindhu on Friday made history by becoming the first Indian woman
singles player to win a medal at the World Badminton Championships,
defeating the host nation’s Shixian Wang to enter the semifinals at
Guangzhou in China. She is thus assured of at least a bronze medal.
The 10th-seeded Sindhu got the better of the seventh-seeded Wang 21-18,
21-17 in 55 minutes. She used her smashes to good effect and hit as many
as 19 winners. She will now take on Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon in the
semifinals. In the pre-quarterfinals, 18-year-old Sindhu had upset the
defending champion, China’s Yihan Wang. Sindhu, who hails from
Hyderabad, is now ranked 12th in the world. In 1983, Prakash Padukone
won the bronze in the men’s singles in Copenhagen. In the 2011 World
Championships in London, Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa bagged
the bronze. SOURCE : The Hindu
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