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Saina Nehwal, the new talent from India

Information

Date of birth/age : March 17th, 1990 – 20 years

Place of birth:  Hisar, Haryana (India)

Height: 1m65

Competition

Country: India

right-handed

Coach : Pullela Gopichand

Best ranking: No.2 (2010)

Current ranking: No.2 (15.0710)

Trophy room

Main titles :

• Winner of the India Open Grand Prix Gold 2010, of the Singapore Open Super Series 2010 and of the Indonesia Open Super Series
• Winner of the Indonesia Super Series 2009 and the Indian Open Grand Prix 2009
• Winner of the Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold 2008
• World Champion Junior 2007
• Winner of the Asian Satellite Badminton Tournament 2006
• National Indian Champion 2007 and 2008

Particularity

With only 20 years, Saina Nehwal is certainly the best India female player ever. Calm in the real life, she plays quick and smashing during games. Besides she has a very strong mental for a young player.

Strengths

Mental, quickness, smashing

2010 news

• Djarum Indonesia Open Super Series 2010 : result : 1st
• Li-Ning Singapore Open Super Series 2010 : result : 1st
• India Grand Prix Gold 2010 : result : 1st
• Proton BWF Uber Cup Finals 2010 : result : eliminated in quarter-finals
• Yonex Sunrise Badminton Asia Championships 2010 : result : eliminated in semi-finals
• All England Super Series 2010 : result : eliminated in semi-finals
• Proton Malaysia Open Super Series 2010 : result : eliminated in quarter-finals

Her 2010 challenges

• To win her first World Championships in Paris, 3 years after her World title won in Junior.
• To stay No.2

Did you know that ?

When she was 13, she defeated seniors whor were 24. So now she is 20, she is ready to beat everyone.

Citation

[Answering to the question : When did you realize that you can the best in the world ?]

“Actually, I've been playing Super Super for some years, and I've been playing with these players. I never thought I was playing against the Chinese or the Koreans. I just treated them like any other opponents”

Website/blog

Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/pages/Saina-Nehwal/26985425909