আমার স্যান্ডবক্স সম্পাদনা

দ্য স্টেটসম্যান ভারতের একটি অন্যতম প্রধান ইংরাজি সংবাদপত্র যেটি একযোগে কলকাতা, নতুন দিল্লী, শিলিগুরি ও ভুবনেশ্বর থেকে প্রকাশিত হয়। ১৮৭৫ সালে স্থাপিত এই সংবাদপত্রের প্রধান অফিস কলকাতার স্টেটসম্যান হাউসে, আর মুখ্য সম্পাদকিয় অফিস দিল্লীর কনট প্লেসে। দ্য স্টেটসম্যান এশিয়া নিউজ নেটওয়ারকের সদস্য।

ইতিহাস সম্পাদনা

দ্য স্টেটসম্যান

She trains at Hyderabad's Gopichand Badminton Academy and is supported by Olympic Gold Quest, a not-for-profit foundation that identifies and supports Indian athletes. On 10th August 2013, Sindhu became the first ever Indian woman to win a medal in singles at the World Championships (India's first singles medal since Prakash Padukone won bronze in 1983). She broke into the top 20 in the Badminton World Federation rankings which were released on 21 September 2012.[১] She is also ranked 3 in the BWF Junior Rankings.[২]

Childhood and early training সম্পাদনা

Pusarla Venkata Sindhu was born to P. V. Ramana and P. Vijaya – both former volleyball players. Ramana also won the Government of India-instituted 2000 Arjuna Award for his sport.[৩] Though her parents played professional volleyball, Sindhu chose badminton over it because she drew inspiration from the success of Pullela Gopichand, the 2001 All England Open Badminton Champion.[৪] She eventually started playing badminton from the age of eight.[৩]

Sindhu first learned the basics of the sport with the guidance of Mehboob Ali at the badminton courts of Indian Railway Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications in Secunderabad. Soon after she joined Pullela Gopichand's badminton academy.[৪] While profiling Sindhu's career, a correspondent with The Hindu wrote:

The fact that she reports on time at the coaching camps daily, travelling a distance of 56 km from her residence, is perhaps a reflection of her willingness to complete her desire to be a good badminton player with the required hard work and commitment.[৪]

Gopichand seconded this correspondent's opinion when he said that "the most striking feature in Sindhu's game is her attitude and the never-say-die spirit."[৫] After joining Gopichand's badminton academy, Sindhu won several titles. In the under-10 years category, she won the 5th Servo All India ranking championship in the doubles category and the singles title at the Ambuja Cement All India ranking. In the under-13 years category, Sindhu won the singles title at the Sub-juniors in Pondicherry, doubles titles at the Krishna Khaitan All India Tournament, IOC All India Ranking, the Sub-Junior Nationals and the All India Ranking inPune. She also won the under-14 team gold medal at the 51st National School Games in India.[৩]

Career সম্পাদনা

In the international circuit, Sindhu was a bronze medallist at the 2009 Sub-Junior Asian Badminton Championships held in Colombo.[৬] At the 2010 Iran Fajr International Badminton Challenge, she won the silver medal in the singles category.[৭] Sindhu reached the quarterfinals of the 2010 Junior World Badminton Championships that was held in Mexico.[৮] She was a team member in India's national teamat the 2010 Uber Cup.[৯]

2012 সম্পাদনা

On 14 June 2012, Sindhu lost to Germany's Juliane Schenk in Indonesia Open, 21-14, 21-14 .[১০] On 7 July 2012, she won Asia Youth Under 19 Championship beating Japanese Player Nozomi Okuhara in final by 18-21, 21-17, 22-20.[১১] In the 2012 Li Ning China Masters Super Series tournament she stunned London 2012 Olympics gold medallist Li Xuerui of China, beating her 21-19, 9-21, 21-16 and entered the semifinals[১২] but lost to 4th seeded Jiang Yanjiao of China by 10-21, 21-14, 19-21 in the semifinals.[১৩] A lot was expected from Sindhu in the Japan Open after her exploits in the China Open, given China pulled many of its players out of the tournament citing security reasons.[১৪] But she bowed out in the second round to Korean shuttler Bae Yeon Ju for 21-10, 12-21, 18-21.[১৫]

Sindhu then went on to participate in the 77th Senior National Badminton Championships held at Srinagar. She was defeated in the finals by the unheralded Sayali Gokhale for 15-21, 21-15, 15-21.[১৬] It was later revealed that Sindhu injured her knee in the China Open and she carried this injury through the Japan Open and the nationals. She decided to skip the World Junior Championships so as not to aggravate the injury.[১৭]

Sindhu finished runner-up in the Syed Modi India Grand Prix Gold event held in Lucknow in December 2012.[১৮] She didn't lose a single set coming into the final, but was upset by the Indonesian Linda Weni Fanetri for 21-15, 18-21, 21-18.[১৯] She reached her career best ranking of 15.[২০]

2013 সম্পাদনা

She won Malaysian open title 2013, beating her opponent from Singapore Juan Gu by 21-17,17-21,21-19. This is Sindhu's maiden Grand Prix Gold title.[২১]

PV Sindhu on 8 August, 2013 defeated the defending champion, second-seeded Wang Yihan of China, to enter the women's quarterfinals at the Badminton world championships. The 18-year-old, 10th-seeded Sindhu won 21-18, 23-21 in 54 minutes to set up a meeting with seventh-seeded Chinese player Wang Shixian. She beat Wang Shixian 21-18, 21 - 17 to become India's first medalist in women's singles at the World Championships.

Career Record সম্পাদনা

Event 2010 2011 2012 2013
  Korea Open Super Series Premier[২২] Round 2
BWF World Junior Championships[২২] Round 3
  China Open Super Series Premier[২২] Qualification Semifinals
  Indonesia Open Super Series Premier[২২] Round 2
  India Open Super Series[২২] Semifinals Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals
  Japan Open Super Series[২২] Round 2
  Dutch Open[২২]   রৌপ্য
  India Open Grand Prix Gold[২২] Round 2 Round 2   রৌপ্য
  Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold[২২]   স্বর্ণ
BWF World Championship[২২]   ব্রোঞ্জ

External links সম্পাদনা

  1. "Sindhu breaks into world top 20 ranking"The Hindu। ২১ সেপ্টেম্বর ২০১২। সংগ্রহের তারিখ ২১ সেপ্টেম্বর ২০১২ 
  2. "BWF Girl's Singles Ranking of Sindhu"। tournamentsoftware.com। ২০১২-০৯-২১। 
  3. "Boys and girls with golden dreams"Deccan Chronicle। ৩০ ডিসেম্বর ২০০৯। সংগ্রহের তারিখ ২০ অক্টোবর ২০১০ 
  4. V. V., Subrahmanyam (১০ এপ্রিল ২০০৮)। "Aiming for the stars"The Hindu। সংগ্রহের তারিখ ২০ অক্টোবর ২০১০ 
  5. V. V., Subrahmanyam (৩ অক্টোবর ২০১০)। "Shuttler Sindhu is the star to watch out for"The Hindu। সংগ্রহের তারিখ ২০ অক্টোবর ২০১০ 
  6. N, Jagannath Das (৩ সেপ্টেম্বর ২০০৯)। "Sindhu, a smash hit at 14"The New Indian Express। সংগ্রহের তারিখ ২০ অক্টোবর ২০১০ 
  7. "SAI badminton coach returns with glory"The Tribune। ১৩ ফেব্রুয়ারি ২০১০। সংগ্রহের তারিখ ২০ অক্টোবর ২০১০ 
  8. "India won two bronze in Junior World Badminton c'ships"Zee News। ২৯ এপ্রিল ২০১০। সংগ্রহের তারিখ ২০ অক্টোবর ২০১০ 
  9. "Sindhu, emerging star on badminton horizon"Deccan Chronicle। ২৭ জুলাই ২০১০। সংগ্রহের তারিখ ২০ অক্টোবর ২০১০ 
  10. "PV Sindhu"। সংগ্রহের তারিখ ২০১২-০৬-১৫ 
  11. "Result" 
  12. "PV Sindhu stuns Olympic gold medallist Xuerui in China Masters"। ZeeNews। সংগ্রহের তারিখ ১৪ সেপ্টেম্বর ২০১২ 
  13. "Fighter PV Sindhu bows out of China Masters" 
  14. "China pull out players from Japan Open"NDTV। ২০১২-০৯-১৮। 
  15. "Sindhu falls in Japan Open"Times of India। ২০১২-০৯-২১। 
  16. "Sayali stuns Sindhu"Hindustan Times। ২০১২-১০-০৩। 
  17. "Sindhu injured"Daily News and Analysis। ২০১২-১০-১৩। 
  18. "Sindhu loses in finals of India GPG"Business Standard। ২০১২-১২-২৩। 
  19. "2012 India Grand Prix Gold Women's Singles results"। tournamentsoftware.com। সংগ্রহের তারিখ ২০১২-১২-২৩ 
  20. http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/kashyap-becomes-world-no6/article4653832.ece
  21. "Sindhu wins Malaysia Grand Prix"The Hindu। সংগ্রহের তারিখ ৫ মে ২০১৩ 
  22. "Tournaments of P.V.Sindhu"। tournamentsoftware.com।