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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (born 13 August 2000) is an Indian badminton player. [1] With his men's doubles partner Chirag Shetty, he is an Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, and Asian Championships gold medalist.
Pullela married fellow badminton player P. V. V. Lakshmi on 5 June 2002. [36] They have two children, daughter Gayatri Gopichand , who is a women's doubles badminton player, and son Vishnu. In Dec 2020, he launched guided meditation sessions for athletes named "Dhyana for Sports" in the App Dhyana.
Srikanth Kidambi (born 7 February 1993) is an Indian badminton player. A former world no. 1, Kidambi was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, in 2018.