Pusarla Venkata Sindhu

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Character Introduction

Sindhu, Indian female badminton player.

Sindhu’s parents were both volleyball players, with her father, P. V. Ramana, being a former member of the Indian national volleyball team and having won a bronze medal for India at the 1986 Asian Games. However, Sindhu had little interest in volleyball and was always passionate about badminton.

Sindhu began participating in international competitions at a young age. In 2009, she reached the quarterfinals in women’s singles at the World Junior Badminton Championships held in Malaysia. The following year, she represented the national team in the Uber Cup, becoming the youngest member of the team. That year, she also won the national youth (U-19) women’s singles championship without dropping a set, and was seen by the domestic media as the successor to Saina Nehwal.

In 2011, Sindhu competed in the Dutch Open and reached the women’s singles final, where she was defeated by Dutch veteran Yao Jie with a score of 0-2 (16-21, 17-21), finishing as the runner-up.

In August 2013, Sindhu participated in the World Badminton Championships held in Guangzhou, China, as the 10th seed in the women’s singles event. In the third round, she caused an upset by defeating the 2nd seed and defending champion Wang Yihan 2-0 (21-18, 23-21). She then continued to surprise by defeating another Chinese player, the 7th seed Wang Shixian, 2-0 (21-18, 21-17) in the quarterfinals. However, she was overpowered by the 4th seed from Thailand, Ratchanok Intanon, in the semifinals, losing 0-2 (10-21, 13-21) and settled for the bronze medal.

In 2016, Sindhu won the silver medal in women’s singles at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

On August 27, 2017, in the women’s singles final of the Glasgow World Badminton Championships, Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara and India’s Sindhu battled through three tough games, with Sindhu ultimately losing 1-2 and finishing as the runner-up.

On August 5, 2018, in the women’s singles final of the 2018 World Badminton Championships, Sindhu lost to Carolina Marin 0-2 (19-21, 10-21) and claimed the runner-up position.

On August 28, 2018, in the women’s singles final at the Jakarta Asian Games, the match between top seed Tai Tzu-ying from Chinese Taipei and 3rd seed Sindhu ended with Sindhu losing 0-2 to Tai Tzu-ying, again finishing as the runner-up.

In the 2019 World Badminton Championships women’s singles final held in Basel, Switzerland, Sindhu swept Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara with two 21-7 games to win the championship. This marked India’s first-ever World Championship title in badminton and also set a record for the most lopsided women’s singles final score in World Championship history.

On August 1, 2021, Sindhu won the bronze medal by defeating He Bingjiao 2-0 in the women’s singles bronze medal match at the Tokyo Olympics.

On December 5, 2021, Sindhu finished as the runner-up in the women’s singles final at the BWF World Tour Finals, losing to An Se-young.

World Ranking – Women’s Singles 14, Week 36, 2024

Olympic Points – Women’s Singles 14, 61222 points

Finals Ranking – Women’s Singles 28, 32570 points

Equipment Used

VOLTRIC Z-FORCE Ⅱ,DUORA Z-STRIKE,BG-80,Li-Ning No. 1 String,Turbo Charging 75C

Major Achievement

2024 Malaysia Masters Women’s Singles Runner-up
2024 Asian Badminton Championships Women’s Team Champion
2023 Denmark Open Women’s Singles Semifinalist
2023 Arctic Open Women’s Singles Semifinalist
2023 Canada Open Women’s Singles Semifinalist
2023 Malaysia Masters Women’s Singles Semifinalist
2023 Spain Masters Women’s Singles Runner-up
2023 Asian Badminton Championships Mixed Team Bronze Medalist
2022 Commonwealth Games Badminton Women’s Singles Champion
2022 Commonwealth Games Badminton Mixed Team Silver Medalist
2022 Singapore Open Women’s Singles Champion
2022 Thailand Open Women’s Singles Semifinalist
2022 Asian Badminton Championships Women’s Singles Semifinalist
2022 Korea Open Women’s Singles Semifinalist
2022 Swiss Open Women’s Singles Champion
2022 Syed Modi International Badminton Championships Women’s Singles Champion
2022 India Open Women’s Singles Semifinalist
2021 BWF World Tour Finals Women’s Singles Runner-up
2021 Indonesia Open Women’s Singles Semifinalist
2021 Indonesia Masters Women’s Singles Semifinalist
2021 French Open Women’s Singles Semifinalist
2020 Tokyo Olympics Women’s Singles Bronze Medalist
2021 All England Open Women’s Singles Semifinalist
2021 Swiss Open Women’s Singles Runner-up
2019 World Badminton Championships Women’s Singles Champion
2019 Singapore Open Women’s Singles Semifinalist
2019 Indonesia Open Women’s Singles Runner-up
2019 India Open Women’s Singles Semifinalist
2018 BWF World Tour Finals Women’s Singles Champion
2018 Asian Games Badminton Women’s Singles Silver Medalist
2018 World Badminton Championships Women’s Singles Runner-up
2018 Thailand Open Women’s Singles Runner-up
2018 Malaysia Open Women’s Singles Semifinalist
2018 Commonwealth Games Badminton Women’s Singles Silver Medalist
2018 Commonwealth Games Badminton Mixed Team Gold Medalist
2018 All England Open Women’s Singles Semifinalist
2018 India Open Women’s Singles Runner-up
2017 BWF Superseries Finals Women’s Singles Runner-up
2017 Hong Kong Open Superseries Women’s Singles Runner-up
2017 French Open Superseries Women’s Singles Semifinalist
2017 Korea Open Superseries Women’s Singles Champion
2017 World Badminton Championships Women’s Singles Runner-up
2017 India Open Superseries Women’s Singles Champion
2017 Syed Modi International Badminton Championships Women’s Singles Champion
2016 BWF Superseries Finals Women’s Singles Semifinalist
2016 Hong Kong Open Superseries Women’s Singles Runner-up
2016 China Open Superseries Women’s Singles Champion
2016 Rio Olympics Women’s Singles Runner-up
2016 Uber Cup Women’s Team Bronze Medalist
2016 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold Women’s Singles Champion
2015 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold Women’s Singles Champion
2015 Denmark Open Superseries Women’s Singles Runner-up
2015 Syed Modi International Badminton Championships Women’s Singles Semifinalist
2015 Malaysia Masters Women’s Singles Semifinalist
2014 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold Women’s Singles Champion
2014 Incheon Asian Games Women’s Team Bronze Medalist
2014 World Badminton Championships Women’s Singles Bronze Medalist
2014 Commonwealth Games Badminton Women’s Singles Bronze Medalist
2014 Uber Cup Women’s Team Bronze Medalist
2014 Asian Badminton Championships Women’s Singles Semifinalist
2014 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold Women’s Singles Semifinalist
2014 India Grand Prix Gold Women’s Singles Runner-up
2013 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold Women’s Singles Champion
2013 World Badminton Championships Women’s Singles Semifinalist
2013 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold Women’s Singles Champion
2013 India Open Superseries Women’s Singles Semifinalist
2012 India Grand Prix Gold Women’s Singles Runner-up
2012 China Masters Women’s Singles Semifinalist
2012 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold Women’s Singles Semifinalist
2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships Women’s Singles Champion
2011 Asian Junior Badminton Championships Women’s Singles Bronze Medalist
2011 Dutch Open Grand Prix Women’s Singles Runner-up
2010 India Open Grand Prix Women’s Singles Semifinalist