P. V. Sindhu

P. V. Sindhu
Personal information
Birth name	P. V. Sindhu
Country	India
Born	(1995-07-05) 5 July 1995 Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Residence	Hyderabad, India
Height
Handedness	Right
Coach	Pullela Gopichand
Women's Singles
Highest ranking	9 (13 March 2014)
Current ranking	10 (7 Apr 2016)
Medal record Representing India Women's badminton World Championships 2013 Guangzhou Women's Singles 2014 Copenhagen Women's Singles Uber Cup 2014 New Delhi Team 2016 Kunshan Team Asian Games 2014 Incheon Women's team Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Women's Singles Asia Championships 2014 Gimcheon Women's Singles South Asian Games 2016 Guwahati Women's Singles 2016 Guwahati Women's Team Asian Junior Championships 2011 Lucknow Girl's Singles 2011 Lucknow Mixed Team 2012 Gimcheon Girl's Singles Commonwealth Youth Games 2011 Douglas Girl's Singles
BWF profile

Pusarla Venkata Sindhu (Telugu: సింధూ; born 5 July 1995) is an Indian badminton player. She trains at Hyderabad's Gopichand Badminton Academy and is supported by Olympic Gold Quest, a not-for-profit foundation that identifies and supports Indian athletes.

On 10 August 2013, Sindhu became the first ever Indian women's singles player to win a medal at the World Championships. In 2015, She received India's fourth highest civilian honor Padma Shri awarded on 30 March 2015. She broke into the top 20 in the Badminton World Federation rankings which were released on 21 September 2012.

Sindhu's father Ramanna is himself an Arjuna Awardee. Ramanna represented India in Volleyball.

Childhood and early training

Pusarla Venkata Sindhu was born to P. V. Ramana and P. Vijaya – both former volleyball players. Ramana also won the Government of India-instituted 2000 Arjuna Award for his sport. Though her parents played professional volleyball, Sindhu chose badminton over it because she drew inspiration from the success of Pullela Gopichand, the 2001 All England Open Badminton Champion. She eventually started playing badminton from the age of eight. she pursued her education in Sri venkateswara Bala kuteer,guntur.

Sindhu first learned the basics of the sport with the guidance of Mehboob Ali at the badminton courts of Indian Railway Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications in Secunderabad. Soon after she joined Pullela Gopichand's badminton academy. While profiling Sindhu's career, a correspondent with The Hindu wrote:

The fact that she reports on time at the coaching camps daily, travelling a distance of 56 km from her residence, is perhaps a reflection of her willingness to complete her desire to be a good badminton player with the required hard work and commitment.

Gopichand seconded this correspondent's opinion when he said that "the most striking feature in Sindhu's game is her attitude and the never-say-die spirit." After joining Gopichand's badminton academy, Sindhu won several titles. In the under-10 years category, she won the 5th Servo All India ranking championship in the doubles category and the singles title at the Ambuja Cement All India ranking. In the under-13 years category, Sindhu won the singles title at the Sub-juniors in Pondicherry, doubles titles at the Krishna Khaitan All India Tournament, IOC All India Ranking, the Sub-Junior Nationals and the All India Ranking in Pune. She also won the under-14 team gold medal at the 51st National School Games in India.

Career

In the international circuit, Sindhu was a bronze medallist at the 2009 Sub-Junior Asian Badminton Championships held in Colombo. At the 2010 Iran Fajr International Badminton Challenge, she won the silver medal in the singles category. Sindhu reached the quarterfinals of the 2010 Junior World Badminton Championships that was held in Mexico. She was a team member in India's national team at the 2010 Uber Cup.

2012

On 14 June 2012, Sindhu lost to Germany's Juliane Schenk in Indonesia Open, 21–14, 21–14 . On 7 July 2012, she won Asia Youth Under 19 Championship beating Japanese Player Nozomi Okuhara in final by 18–21, 21–17, 22–20. In the 2012 Li Ning China Masters Super Series tournament she stunned London 2012 Olympics gold medallist Li Xuerui of China, beating her 21–19, 9–21, 21–16 and entered the semifinals but lost to 4th seeded Jiang Yanjiao of China by 10–21, 21–14, 19–21 in the semifinals. A lot was expected from Sindhu in the Japan Open after her exploits in the China Open, given China pulled many of its players out of the tournament citing security reasons. But she bowed out in the second round to Korean shuttler Bae Yeon Ju for 21–10, 12–21, 18–21.

Sindhu then went on to participate in the 77th Senior National Badminton Championships held at Srinagar. She was defeated in the finals by Sayali Gokhale for 15–21, 21–15, 15–21. It was later revealed that Sindhu injured her knee in the China Open and she carried this injury through the Japan Open and the nationals. She decided to skip the World Junior Championships so as not to aggravate the injury.

Sindhu finished runner-up in the Syed Modi India Grand Prix Gold event held in Lucknow in December 2012. She didn't lose a single set coming into the final, but was upset by the Indonesian Linda Weni Fanetri for 21–15, 18–21, 21–18. She reached her career best ranking of 15.

2013

She won Malaysian open title 2013, beating her opponent from Singapore Juan Gu by 21–17,17–21,21–19. This is Sindhu's maiden Grand Prix Gold title.

PV Sindhu on 8 August 2013 defeated the defending champion, second-seeded Wang Yihan of China, to enter the women's quarterfinals at the Badminton world championships. The 18-year-old, 10th-seeded Sindhu won 21–18, 23–21 in 54 minutes to set up a meeting with seventh-seeded Chinese player Wang Shixian. She beat Wang Shixian 21–18, 21 – 17 to become India's first medalist in women's singles at the World Championships.

She won Macau Open Grand Prix Gold title by defeating Canada's Michelle Li on December 1, 2013. The top-seeded 18-year-old won the match 21–15 21–12 in 37 minutes. She was awarded Arjun Award by Government of India.

2014

PV Sindhu reached the semifinal stage of Glasgow Commonwealth Games in the women's singles competition, where she eventually lost. PV Sindhu created history by becoming the first Indian to win two back-to-back medals in the World Badminton Championships.

PV Sindhu has reached semifinal of the world cup in Denmark

The world number 11 from Hyderabad showed extraordinary skills and fighting spirit to defeat the second ranked Shixian Wang in three gruelling sets 19-21, 21-19, 21-15, with the match lasting more than an hour at Copenhagen. She had earlier defeated World Number 5 South Korean Bae Yeon Ju in the pre-quarters in another battle of attrition 19-21, 22-20, 25-23.

2015

In October, playing at the Denmark Open, Sindhu reached to her maiden final of a Super Series event. On her route to the final, she defeated three seeded players, namely Tai Tzu-ying, Wang Yihan and Carolina Marin. In the final, she lost to the defending champion Li Xuerui in straight games by 19-21, 12-21.

In November, defending champion P. V. Sindhu won her third successive women’s singles title at the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold after defeating Japan’s Minatsu Mitani in the final by 21-9, 21-23, 21-14.

2016

In January, Sindhu won the Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold women’s singles title after beating Scotland's Kirsty Gilmour in the final. She had also won this tournament in 2013.

Achievements

Individual titles (6)

S. No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
1	2011	Indonesia International	Fransisca Ratnasari	21-16, 21-11
2	2013	Malaysia Masters	Gu Juan	21–17, 17–21, 21–19
3	2013	Macau Open	Michelle Li	21–15, 21–12
4	2014	Macau Open	Kim Hyo-min	21–12, 21–17
5	2015	Macau Open	Minatsu Mitani	21–9, 21-23, 21-14
6	2016	Malaysia Masters	Kirsty Gilmour	21-15, 21-9

     Grand Prix Gold

     International Challenge

Individual runners-up (5)

S. No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
1	2011	Dutch Open	Yao Jie	16-21, 17-21
2	2012	Syed Modi International	Lindaweni Fanetri	15-21, 21-18, 18-21
3	2014	Syed Modi International	Saina Nehwal	14-21, 17-21
4	2015	Denmark Open	Li Xuerui	19-21, 12-21
5	2016	South Asian Games	Gadde Ruthvika Shivani	11-21,20-22

     Super Series Premier

     Grand Prix Gold

     Grand Prix

Career overview

Singles performance timeline

Key

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SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

SF-B

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NH

N/A

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	SR	Best
BWF events
BWF World Junior Championships	2R	QF	3R	Absent			N/A		0/3	QF ('10)
BWF World Championships	Absent			NH	B	B	QF	NH	0/3	SF ('13, '14)
Olympics	NH			DNQ	NH					DNQ
BWF Super Series
All England Super Series Premier	Absent			1R	2R	1R	A	1R	0/4	2R ('13)
India Open Super Series	N/A		1R	QF	SF	1R	A	QF	0/5	SF ('13)
Malaysia Super Series Premier	Absent			Q1	1R	2R	A	QF	0/4	QF ('16)
Singapore Open Super Series	Absent			1R	A	QF	A	2R	0/3	QF ('14)
Indonesia Super Series Premier	Absent			2R	A	1R	1R		0/3	2R ('12)
Australian Open Super Series	N/A					QF	1R		0/2	QF ('14)
Japan Open Super Series	Absent			2R	2R	A	1R		0/3	2R ('12, '13)
Korea Open Super Series	Absent			Q2	2R	A	2R		0/3	2R ('13, '15)
Denmark Super Series Premier	Absent				1R	QF	F		0/3	F ('15)
French Open Super Series	Absent				2R	1R	1R		0/3	2R ('13)
China Open Super Series Premier	Absent		Q2	1R	Absent		2R		0/3	2R ('15)
Hong Kong Open Super Series	Absent		Q2	1R	1R	2R	1R		0/5	2R ('14)
China Masters Super Series	Absent			SF	A	N/A			0/1	SF ('12)
BWF Super Series Masters Finals	Did Not Qualify									DNQ
BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix
Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold	Absent			SF	W	A	SF	W	2/4	W ('13, '16)
Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold	QF	SF	2R	F	NH	F	SF	2R	0/7	F ('12, '14)
German Open Grand Prix Gold	Absent			1R	Absent			QF	0/2	QF ('16)
Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold	N/A		A	1R	2R	SF	A	QF	0/4	SF ('14)
China Masters Grand Prix Gold	N/A					Absent		QF	0/1	QF ('16)
Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold	Absent						2R		0/1	2R ('15)
Vietnam Open Grand Prix	Absent		QF	Absent					0/1	QF ('11)
Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold	Absent						QF		0/1	QF ('15)
Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold	Absent			2R	Absent				0/1	2R ('12)
Dutch Open Grand Prix	Absent		F	Absent					0/1	F ('12)
Macau Open Grand Prix Gold	Absent				W	W	W		3/3	W ('13, '14, '15)
India Open Grand Prix Gold	Q2	2R	N/A						0/2	2R ('10)
Year-end Ranking	255	151	31	19	11	11	12

Honors

• Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India, in 2015.
• FICCI Breakthrough Sportsperson of the Year 2014
• NDTV Indian of the Year 2014.

Sindhu in Indian Badminton League and Premier Badminton League

In the 2013 Indian Badminton league, Sindu was the captain of the team Awadhe Warriors. Her team qualified for the semifinal, beat Mumbai Marathas in the seminal, but was beaten in the final by Hyderabad HotShots.

In the 2016 Premier Badminton league, Sindhu was the captain of Chennai Smashers team. In the group league, she won all of the five matches to help her team qualify for the semifinal. However, in the semifinal. her team was beaten by Delth Acers.

Year	Team	Standing
2013	Awadhe Warriors	Runnerup
2016	Chennai Smashers	Semifinal

External links

• P. V. Sindhu at Olympic Gold Quest
• P. V. Sindhu at Gopichand Badminton Academy
• P. V. Sindhu at tournamentsoftware.com