Badminton Queen of India Saina Nehwal
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Authors: Renu Saran
Badminton Queen of India
Saina Nehwal
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Badminton Queen of India: Saina Nehwal
By
- Renu Saran
Preface
Saina Nehwal, one of the best sporting talents produced by India is a world-class champion of present time. The talented girl has achieved great things pretty early in life. Right from the age of 8, she had dedicated her life to badminton. This became her chosen sport. Saina Nehwal is certainly the brightest star in Indian sport. Despite the cricket hype and craze about sports fans in India, badminton managed to carve a niche; kudos to Saina Nehwal and her incredible victories. People now like to watch badminton and appreciate Saina’s victory.
Away from the media glare, Saina’s career has enjoyed steady rise. Be it her popular National Badminton Championship victory or the Olympic medal, Saina has regularly beaten the top ten players. With dedicated and successful attempts of increasing her rank, Saina is truly a world-class achiever.
Saina, in all likelihood is the pride of our nation. Critics and well-wishers strongly feel that the girl will continue to bring great laurels to the country and make everyone proud in the years to come. We wish this real achiever huge success, fame, and happiness in future.
– Renu Saran
Contents
1. The Young Girl Who Brought Glory to India
6. Some Special Moments in Saina’s Career
8. Saina’s Preparation Before Match
9. Ideal Diet for a Badminton Player
10. How to Be Mentally Prepared Before a Game
11. Awards and Honours – A Part of Saina Nehwal’s Life
12. Saina’s Injury Free Career
13. What Makes Saina Nehwal Super Saina and a Winner?
14. Some of the Significant Years in Saina Nehwal’s Life
15. Saina Nehwal’s Daily Training Schedule
16. Sponsorship and Endorsements
19. Stepping into the Glamour World
20. Saina’s Favourite Badminton Players
22. The Sportspersons Saina Admires
23. Saina and Her Chinese Opponents
24. Saina’s Non Badminton Interests
25. Saina Nehwal and Spirituality
26. Famous Quotes by Saina Nehwal and Eminent Badminton Players
27. Saina and Her Lucky Courts
28. Future Plans of Saina Nehwal
29. Things You Didn’t Know about Saina Nehwal
30. Saina’s Best Friend – Dedication
31. What Others Say about Saina Nehwal
The Young Girl Who Brought
Glory to India
Saina Nehwal, the badminton sensation of India, has brought glory to India by winning the bronze medal at the London Olympics. She has also given stunning performances by winning the Indonesian series and the Swiss Open Grand Prix.
Other than being a talented badminton player, this young girl has always displayed great sportsmanship spirit and respect to the country. Her conduct on and off court has always been impeccable. It was almost at par with Sachin Tendulkar, the cricketing maestro. The girl has also been in the limelight for over a decade now. But her primary focus has always been the game. Never had she made a comment that was inappropriate or against the spirit of patriotism that players usually portray. Her main focus has always been the game. She would never surrender or accept defeat easily. With a series of success at a young age, the girl has carried the pressures and expectations of a billion Indians on her young shoulders. And she did it with such poise that only a true professional could have done.
The girl had to undergo rigorous training schedule and sacrifice small pleasures of life. She had done this throughout her career and this is exactly what is helping her emerge as one of the most talented and reigning badminton queens across the globe.
India is proud to have produced a badminton player (only non-Chinese player) who reached the semis of the Olympics. She is also the only player whom Chinese women badminton players fear.
The girl knows the art of maintaining dignity and composure. She never loses focus on the sport regardless how the glamour world and media treats her. True sportsmanship spirit is what the girl believes in. No wonder the nation didn’t witness any overt celebrations after Xin Wang (her Chinese opponent) retired hurt from the match and the bronze medal fell for her. Saina knew the circumstances well and her behaviour was apt. Her loss in a match is graceful enough because she knows how to accept her weakness.
Saina, the paragon of womanhood has achieved a lot at a very young age. The girl visits courts and delivers her best. Saina’s perseverance, focus, consistency and incredible ability to carry herself makes her a winner always.
Birth of A Badminton Star
Saina, the living legend, is considered as the legendary Indian Badminton player and she is probably the best women Indian Badminton player. The early life of Saina Nehwal was full of struggle. She battled with each obstacle and won over it.
Saina has obtained some amazing achievements in the past. She has accomplished the second position on the globe and been successful in three worldwide competitions. Her greatest accomplishment is that she became the first native Indian woman to arrive at the quarter-finals circular at the Olympic activities. She was granted Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Prize this season for her spectacular performance in worldwide competitions.
Early years of Saina Nehwal was full of hard work and practicing the badminton all the time. She was born on 17
th
March, 1990, in Dhindar, Hisar, a town in Haryana to Dr. Harvir Singh and Mrs. Usha Nehwal. Thereafter, the family moved to Hyderabad. Her influence for becoming a badminton player came from her family itself. Her father is a scientist at the Directorate of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad. Both Harvir and Usha were badminton state champions for Haryana.
Childhood of Saina
Since Saina’a parents were avid badminton players, they used to walk down to the faculty club at the Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural campus to play badminton. Saina and her sister Abu used to accompany their parents. Abu was seven years old at that time and used to carry six months old Saina.
Little Saina loved badminton since she was an infant. Her father noticed his infant daughter shrieking out aloud while the couple played badminton. She also followed the shuttle back and forth. This was one game Saina thoroughly enjoyed right from her childhood.
Saina was a cute little girl when she was five years old. She was nicknamed ‘Steffi’ by her friends and family as she had keen interest in sports and related activities.
Saina was at her naughtiest when she was 4 to 5 years old. When the family lived in Hissar, the residential area was a bit dangerous for kids as there were lots of monkeys. But Saina was a brave girl. She would often scare the poor monkeys by running after them.
One day, she gave a pleasant surprise to her father. She came home holding 3 big trophies. She had won all of them in the sports meet at school.
Once, Saina met with a horrifying incident in her life. It was a difficult moment for her parents. In fact, it still brings shudders to her father. Saina got her finger seriously injured when she was a child. The finger was actually in two pieces, just dangling with a little bit of skin. Her mother acted promptly and wrapped the finger in ice. She rushed her to the hospital and the surgeon did a good job fixing it and saved little Saina’s finger.
Saina grew up to be a smart, energetic toddler. She was admitted to a school within the Haryana Agricultural campus. Life in school was normal just as any child’s. Saina was an obedient student in school from 8:30 in the morning till 1:30 in the afternoon. Her favourite pastime was playing outdoors for a long time.