Saina Nehwal

Saina Nehwal (DOB March 17, 1990) is an Indian Badminton player currently ranked 5 in the world by Badminton World Federation.

Saina Nehwal is the first Indian Woman to reach the singles quarterfinals at the Olympics and the first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton Championships (under-19)in 2008.

Saina Nehwal made history on June 21, 2009, becoming the first Indian to win a Super Series tournament, by clinching the Indonesian Open with a victory over higher-ranked Chinese Wang Lin in Jakarta.

Saina Nehwal won her 2nd career Super Series title by winning the Singapore Open title on June 20, 2010 .

She completed a hat-trick in the same year by winning the Indonesian Open on June 27, 2010.This win resulted in her rise to 3rd ranking and subsequently to No. 2.

In the 2010 Commonwealth Games(officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games) held in 

Delhi,India between Oct 3-14,2010 Saina Nehwal won the Women's Singles Gold Medal

 Wong Mew Choo(Malaysia)won the Silver Medal and Liz Cann(England)won the Bronze Medal



Saina Nehwal also won Hong Kong Super Series on December 12, 2010

Career in 2012
Saina Nehwal successfully defended her Swiss Open Title by defeating World No. 2 Wang Shixian of China  on 18 March 2012, a day after she turned 22 years old.

On 10 June 2012, Saina  Nehwal defeated Thailand’s Ratchanok Inthanon  to lift the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold title.

 

On 17 June 2012, Saina Nehwal won the Indonesia Open Super Series by defeating World No. 3 Li Xuerui of China

Saina Nehwal wins the Denmark Super Series Badminton Championship on Sunday Oct 21,2012 defeating Juliane Schenk(Germany)21-17, 21-8.The win also made Saina richer by $30,000 and the runner-up Schenk had to be content with $ 15,000.