Saina Nehwal is Indian badminton star born on 17 March 1990 at Hisar district of Haryana, India. She is Currently ranked number 7th in the world by Badminton World Federation, Saina is the first Indian woman to reach the singles quarterfinals at the Olympics and the first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton Championships. Saina Nehwal scripted history on June 21 2009, becoming the first Indian to win a Super Series tournament. In 2006, Saina appeared on the global scene when she became the first Indian woman to win a 4-star tournament, the Philippines Open. Entering the tournament as the 86th seed, Saina went on to stun several top seeded players and then her career graph take a new hight. In 2008 she becomes the first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton Championships by defeating ninth seeded Japanese Sayaka Sato 21-9, 21-18. Saina is all set to take on the World Top Ten, having been named The Most Promising Player in 2008. She reached the world super series semifinals in the month of December 2008.On 21st June, 2009, she became the first Indian to win a BWF Super Series title, the most prominent badminton series of the world by winning the Indonesia Open. She beat Chinese Lin Wang in the final 12-21, 21-18, 21-9. Saina on winning the tournament said "I had been longing to win a super series tournament since my quaterfinal appearance at the Olympics". Saina is on the par with the likes of Prakash Padukone and her mentor Gopichand who both won the all England championships which are in similar status to the super series. This young girl will definately takes indian badminton to new height as she is more devoted towards sports instead of ads and other gossips like sania mirza. Congratulation Sania and good luck for future from all Indian public.
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