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Saina Nehwal
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Saina Nehwal is an Indian badminton player
. Saina Nehwal won 2010 Commonwealth games gold in Womens Singles Shuttle
badminton held in Siri Fort Auditorium, Delhi,on 14th October 2010.she also won
Hong Kong Super Series on December 12, 2010.
Saina was born in 1990 in a Jat family from
Haryana. Her birth was a big disappointment to her grandmother as grandma wanted
a boy. Even though Saina was born in Hisar, Haryana , she has spent
her entire life in Hyderabad, India. Her foray into the world of badminton was
influenced by her father Dr. Harvir Singh, a scientist at the Directorate of
Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad and her mother Usha Nehwal, both of whom were
former badminton champions in Haryana.
In December 1998, Saina's father took her to meet Coach Nani Prasad at the Lal
Bahadur Shastri Stadium in Hyderabad. Seeing potential in the girl, Prasad asked
Singh to enroll Saina as a summer trainee.
Saina's father Harvir Singh and Saina, who was 8 years old at the time, would
wake at 4am every morning and head to the stadium which was 25 km away. After
two hours of practice, Singh would drop Saina at school on his way to work.
Sitting behind her father on his scooter, Saina would often fall asleep on these
journeys which prompted her mother to accompany them for the next three months.
In order to keep up with the rising cost of her training, Saina’s father
withdrew money from his savings and provident fund. The tight-rope walk
continued until 2002, when sports brand Yonex offered to sponsor Saina’s kit. As
her status and rankings improved, the sponsorships increased. In 2004, BPCL (Bharat
Petroleum Corporation Limited). signed the rising star onto their payroll, and
she is also supported by Olympic Gold Quest.
Saina was the under-19 national champion. Saina
created history by the winning the prestigious Asian Satellite Badminton
tournament (India Chapter) twice, becoming the first player to do so
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 made history on June 21, 2009,
becoming the first Indian to win a Super Series tournament, by clinching the
Indonesia Open with a stunning victory over higher-ranked Chinese Wang Lin in
Jakarta.
Saina has been awarded with Padma Shri award in
January 2010. Saina is brand ambassador of Deccan Chargers, an Indian Premier
League team owned by Deccan chronicle. She was also became one of the 8 brand
ambassadors of 2010 Commonwealth Games held on New Delhi India
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