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Pusarla Venkata Sindhu was born on 5 July 1995, in Hyderabad, India, into the Telugu-speaking family of P. V. Ramana and P. Vijaya. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] Both her parents hail from Andhra Pradesh . [ 20 ] [ 21 ] Her mother is from Vijayawada , while her father's family is originally from Eluru and later moved to Guntur and Nirmal , where he was born.
Badminton is a popular sport in India. It is managed by the Badminton Association of India which is associated with Badminton Asia and Badminton World Federation.. Indian shuttlers Prakash Padukone, Srikanth Kidambi, Jwala Gutta, Saina Nehwal, P. V. Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, H. S. Prannoy, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have all ranked in the world's top ten.
P.V. Sindhu and Sharath Kamal were the flag-bearers for the opening ceremony. Manu Bhaker and P. R. Sreejesh carried the Indian flag during the closing ceremony. India won six medals including a silver and five bronze to be ranked 71st amongst the 206 NOCs that participated in the Olympics.
The women's singles badminton tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 27 July to 5 August 2024 at the Porte de La Chapelle Arena in Paris. [1] A total of 39 players from 34 nations competed at the tournament.
P. V. Sindhu 21: 21: J1 P. V. Sindhu 21: 22: L1 Akane Yamaguchi 13 20 K1 Kim Ga-eun 17 18 L1 Akane Yamaguchi 21: 21: J1 P. V. Sindhu 18 12 P1 Tai Tzu-ying 21: 21: M1 Gregoria Mariska Tunjung 12 19 Bronze medal match N1 Ratchanok Intanon 21: 21: N1 Ratchanok Intanon 21: 18 18 G1
All nations were able to enter whoever they wish (up to five men and five women overall) in the singles and doubles events. In addition, sixteen nations were also entitled to contest the mixed team event; subject to at least four CGF regions being represented and a minimum entry of two men / two women per team, they qualify as follows: [5] [6]
En route to the finals she beat 3 seeded players Chen Yufei, P. V. Sindhu and Ratchanok Intanon. However she finished second-best after losing the final to Tai Tzu-ying. [ 107 ] She won her second gold in Commonwealth Games women's singles after beating P. V. Sindhu in the final [ 108 ] and led the Indian team to another gold medal in the mixed ...
In the women's singles semi-finals, facing the tournament's No. 3 seed Olympic runner-up P. V. Sindhu, Yamaguchi lost 1–2, winning the women's singles bronze medal. [52] In a repeat clash of previous edition's French Open final, Yamaguchi beat the top seeded Tai Tzu-ying in three games, 22–20, 17–21, 21–13. In the process, she avenged ...