Rio Olympics 2016: PV Sindhu's journey to become the first Indian shuttler to reach finals

NEW DELHI: After her win at the semi-final win at Rio Olympics, PV Sindhu, the World No. 10 from Hyderabad, will next take on two-time World Champion and top seed Carolina Marin of Spain in the summit clash tomorrow.

The immensely talented Hyderabadi girl has done a notch better than her illustrious senior Saina Nehwal, who got the country its first medal from badminton - a bronze in London 2012.

Born in a family of Volleyball players, Sindhu says she was inspired by her coach Pullela Gopichand's win at the 2001 All England Badminton Championship and chose badminton over volleyball.

It was in 2013 that Sindhu went on to win her maiden Grand Prix gold title after she defeated Singapore’s Juan Gu 21–17,17–21,21–19 in the finals of the Malaysian Open.

In the Denmark Open, in 2015, Sindhu reached the final of a Super Series event.

In 2014, she reached the semi-finals of the Commonwealth Games in the women's single category

Sindhu will be full of confidence when she takes on Carolina Marin of Spain in the finals as she has already defeated the Spanish player in 2015. She defeated Marin 21-15, 18-21, 21-17 in the Denmark Open Series.

Sindhu received the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India, in 2015 for her exemplary performance in sports arena.

She also etched her name in history by becoming the first Indian shuttler to have won two back-to-back medals in the World Badminton Championships.