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

P.V. Sindhu had defeated Denmark’s Mia Blichfeldt andhad 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 at21-33, 22-21, making her way to the semi-finals.

Born on July 5, 1995, Pusarla Venkata Sindhu is aprofessional badminton player; she has won many tournaments including that ofOlympics, and 2019 World Championships. She has made history by becoming the firstIndian Badminton player to be Badminton World Champion, and first Indian Womento 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 in2002. Both of her parents are national volleyball players, her sister playedhandball at the national level.

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

3. Pullea Gopichand was the inspiration of P.V. Sindhuand his success story was the reason the 8-year-old became interested inbadminton.

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

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

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

7. At the age of 21, she had to stay away from some ofher favorites, which included sweet curd, and mobile phone, which is somethinghard 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 academyso that Sindhu may not get exhausted. Sindhu used to cry on missing a session soher 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 4^th highest Indian civilian award.

10. Currently, she is holding the 7^th rankworldwide.

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