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Saina Nehwal (pronunciation ⓘ; born 17 March 1990) is an Indian professional badminton player. A former world no. 1, she has won 24 international titles, which includes ten Superseries titles. Although she reached the world's 2nd in 2009, it was only in 2015 that she was able to attain the world no. 1 ranking, thereby becoming the only female ...
Saina is a 2021 Indian Hindi -language biographical sports film directed by Amole Gupte and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Sujay Jairaj and Rashesh Shah under the banner of T-Series and Front Foot Pictures. Based on the life of badminton player Saina Nehwal, the film stars Parineeti Chopra as Nehwal. [3][4]
Parupalli Kashyap (born 8 September 1986) is an Indian badminton player. A former World No.6, he trains at Gopichand Badminton Academy. He was awarded the Arjuna Award by the Government of India in 2012. [1][2] He created history by reaching the quarter-finals of men's singles at the 2012 London Olympics, being the first male player from India ...
Mary Kom (in red) vs Nicola Adams at the London 2012 Summer Olympics. Several Indian women have participated in the Olympics over the years. Eight women from India have won an Olympic medal so far. They are Karnam Malleswari, Mary Kom, Saina Nehwal, P. V. Sindhu (twice), Sakshi Malik, Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, Lovlina Borgohain and Manu Bhaker ...
Sindhu competed at the Indian National Badminton Championships where she reached the final, losing to three-time champion Saina Nehwal 18–21, 15–21. [107] Just before the All England Badminton Championships, she had ended her deal with Yonex and signed a mega-deal with Li-Ning for 4 years worth nearly ₹ 50 crore (US$6.0 million).
Badminton is a popular sport in India. It is managed by the Badminton Association of India. 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 been ranked in the top ten. Prakash Padukone was the first player from India to ...
In August, she defended her title at the World Championship by beating Saina Nehwal of India in 21–16, 21–19. [ 28 ] 2015 was the golden year for Marín, where in addition to defending the World Championships title, she also won other Superseries titles such as the Australian Open , [ 29 ] French Open , [ 30 ] and Hong Kong Open .
Nozomi Okuhara奥原 希望おくはら のぞみ. Okuhara at 2017 Australia Open. Nozomi Okuhara (奥原 希望, Okuhara Nozomi, born 13 March 1995) is a Japanese badminton player. A former World's number 1 in the BWF rankings for the women's singles, she is well known for her speed, agility and endurance. She won a bronze at the 2016 Summer ...