This Day That Year: PV Sindhu became World Champion

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PV Sindhu created history by becoming the first Indian to win a World Champion in the 2019 edition played at Basel, Switzerland on 25th August 2019.

It was a dominating performance by the Indian star who outplayed Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in two straight sets. Right from the word go, Sindhu never allowed her Japanese opponent and chance to win the World Champion by 21-7, 21-7. The Indian was too strong as she hit lovely smashes, drop shots, and created enough pressure on the opposition.

In the first game, Sindhu began off to a great start taking commanding 8-1 lead. At the interval, the Indian looked in great control with 11-2 lead. After the break, Sindhu’s domination over her opponent continued to win the first set at 21-7.

The second game followed the same suit as Sindhu proved too strong for Okuhara and created enough pressure with her smashes. At the interval, the Indian had an 11-4 lead. After the interval, it was one-way traffic as Sindhu looked in complete control to win the game at 21-7. By virtue of this win, Sindhu became the first Indian shuttler to take gold at World Championship history.

She was given a bye in the first round. PV Sindhu started her tournament with a comfortable 21-14, 21-15 win over Pai-Y-P of Chinese Taipei to move into the second round. She made light work of Zhang B W of United States of America winning it easily at 21-14, 21-6 to qualify for the quarterfinals.

Sindhu showed great character and resolve to win against Tai Zu-Ying of Chinese Taipei in three grueling sets. After losing the first set 12-21, the Indian fought back with resolve winning the next two games at 23-21 and 21-19 in an entertaining contest. It was an amazing performance by Sindhu who kept on fighting despite losing the first game badly. She moved into the semi-finals and took on Chen Yufei.

Sindhu proved her worth in the semi-finals by dominating the Chinese opponent winning it in straight games at 21-7, 21-14 to move into her 3rd successive finals of World Championships.

After not performing accordingly in the finals, Sindhu showed her class and created a mark by winning the World Championship. Apart from Sindhu, Saina Nehwal won a silver medal in the 2015 edition played at Jakarta and then a bronze medal at the 2017 edition at the Glasgow.

Prior to the gold medal, Sindhu won 2 bronze medals and 2 silver medals. Sindhu held her nerves during pressure moments in last year’s finals.

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