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Nehwal reached a career high of world no. 3 in the women's singles badminton world rankings on 24 June 2010. She defended her Indonesia Open title in three tough games against Sayaka Sato , 21–19, 13–21, 21–11.
In 1992, badminton debuted as a Summer Olympic sport with four events: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's doubles; [2] mixed doubles was added four years later. At high levels of play, the sport demands excellent fitness: players require aerobic stamina , agility , strength , speed, and precision.
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.
Poorvisha started playing badminton in 2005 and represented Karnataka at national level in 2007. She won her first competitive tournament at the age of 13 in 2008 when she won a national level inter-school tournament. [4] In 2009, Poorvisha won silver medal at the 35th National Sports Festival for Women at Margao, Goa.
The India national badminton team represents India in international badminton team tournaments. It is governed by the Badminton Association of India . [ 2 ] The men's team won the Thomas Cup in 2022 , while the women's team have been semifinalists twice at the Uber Cup in 2014 and 2016 .
Sindhu returned from her injury layoff at the Badminton Asia Team Championships in February, where she led the Indian women's team to the gold medal, India's first-ever medal in the event. [145] Her first individual final of the season came at the 2024 Malaysia Masters , where she lost to reigning Asian Champion Wang Zhiyi in three games. [ 146 ]
In 2021, Unnati Hooda's first tournament played was the India International Challenge where she lost to Anupama Upadhyaya in the finals. [5] In January 2022, Unnati played in the 2022 Odisha Open where she won the tournament beating Smit Toshniwal in the finals, winning her first ever BWF World Tour tournament. [2]
India: Born 27 January 2005 (age 19) Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, India: Residence: Thiruvallur, India: Years active: 2021–present: Handedness: Left: Women's singles SU5 Women's doubles SL3–SU5; Highest ranking: 1 (WS 22 August 2022) 1 (WD with Mandeep Kaur 04 July 2022) 12 (XD with Pramod Bhagat 22 August 2022) Current ranking: 1 (WS 10 ...