Saina Nehwal - Ace Shuttler of India
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Saina Nehwal
Saina has made history by winning twice, the celebrated Asian Satellite Badminton tournament (India Chapter). She is the first player to do so. In the year 2006, Saina came into sight on the global scene when she became the first Indian woman to win the Philippines Open, a 4-star tournament. While entering the tournament she was the 86th seed, but Saina went on to shock several top seeded players including Huaiwen Xu before defeating Malaysian Julia Xian Pei Wong for the title. The same year, she lost a hard fought match against top seeded Chinese Wang Yihan finished as runner up at the 2006 BWF World Junior Championships, She won a great match in the 2008 by becoming the first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton Championships by defeating ninth seeded Japanese Sayaka Sato 21-9, 21-18. Saina has been selected as "The Most Promising Player" in 2008.
Next Stop: Top Spot
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Saina Nehwal
Personal Information
Date of birth:
March 17 1990 (age 20)
Place of birth:
Hisar/Haryana/ India
Height:
1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight:
60 kg (130 lb)
Country:
India
Handedness:
Right
Coach:
Pullela Gopichand Atik Jauhari
Women's singles Highest Ranking
2 (15 July 2010)
Current Ranking:
3 (14 October 2010)
Saina in News
New Delhi: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award from Sports Minister MS Gill after missing out on the August 29 ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan due to the World Championships in Paris. "Dr MS Gill, Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, gave away Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for the year 2010 to Ms Saina Nehwal at a simple ceremony here today," the Sports Ministry said in a statement.
Telecom giant Airtel is the latest in a series of corporates that have signed on the World No. 3 as a brand ambassador and Saina's endorsement value is understood to have reached the Rs. 1 crore per deal mark. She is really in demand. A lot of companies want to associate with her. Saina already endorses the Deccan Chronicle newspaper,
Saina Nehwal was born in patriarchal Haryana, her own grandmother refused to look at her. "I was really surprised when I was told that my grandmother did not come to see me till a month after my birth. I was born seven years after my only sister Chandranshu and my birth was a big disappointment for her," the ace shuttler, fresh from a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, wrote in a column for the 'India Today' magazine.
The 20-year-old Saina had made a meteoric rise following her back-to-back title triumphs at the India Open Grand Prix, Singapore Open Super Series and Indonesian Open Super Series to reach the world number two spot. But a quarterfinal finish at the recently-concluded World badminton Championship in Paris left her one place down the rung at the third position.
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Saina's Career Record
Event & Year
Result
Czechoslovakia Junior Open-2003
1 Gold
Commonwealth Youth Games-2004
2 Silver
A S B Tournament-2005
1 Gold
Commonwealth Games-2006
3 Bronze
Philippines Open (badminton)-2006
1 Gold
Asian Satellite Badminton Tournament-2006
1 Gold
I N B Championships-2007
1 Gold
National Games of India-2007
1 Gold
Chinese Taipei Open --2008
1 Gold
Indian National Badminton Championships-2008
1 Gold
Commonwealth Youth Games-2008
1 Gold
BWF World Junior Championships-2008
1 Gold
BWF Super Series Masters finals-2008
Semifinalist
Indonesia Super Series-2009
1 Gold
BWF World Championships-2009
Quarterfinalist
Indian Open Grand Prix-2009
1 Gold
All England Super Series-2010
Semifinalist
Badminton Asia Championships-2010
3 Bronze
India Open Grand Prix Gold-2010
1 Gold
Singapore Open Super Series-2010
1 Gold
Indonesia Open Super SerieS-2010
1 Gold
BWF World Championships-2010
Quarter-finalist
Commonwealth Games-2010
1 Gold
Saina Says
"I am in great shape now. My ankle's healed completely and I am in good form. Winning an Olympic gold is my dream and I know I am on the right track. I will be playing several tournaments to gear up for the Olympics. I am very confident and having beaten almost all the best players in the world I don't fear anyone now."
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- Saina Nehwal was born on March 17, 1990 in Hyderabad city of India. Saina started her badminton training under the apt guidance of S M Arif, who was a Dronacharya Awardee.
- Saina crashes out, Jwala-Ashwini roll on
- Saina Nehwal's quarterfinal jinx continued but Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa scripted history by becoming India's first-ever women's doubles pair to reach the semifinals of World Badminton Championship at the Wembley arena in London on Friday.
- Saina hopeful of breaking quarters jinx
- HYDERABAD: Fully fit and confident, Saina Nehwal intends to dish out an aggressive brand of badminton in the prestigious World Championships.
- Good start for Saina
- Saina Nehwal started her campaign at the World badminton championships with a straight-set demolition of Chloe Magee of Ireland to advance to the pre-quarterfinals of the women's singles here on Wednesday.
- Getting into rhythm quickly will be the key: Saina
- Her troubling ankle completely healed, ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal can't wait for the World Championships next week but conceded that months of rigorous preparation would count only if she gets into the rhythm quickly at the London event.
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