PV Sindhu wins Swiss Open-2011

PV Sindhu of India completed yet another fine run on the international badminton circuit today as she romped home to win the women's singles title at the Swiss International 2011 Open badminton tournament that was held at Belp in the Bern district of Switzerland from the 20-Oct-2011 to 23-Oct-2011.

She won the tournament with comfortable ease defeating Carola Bott of Germany 21-11 21-11 in the final match.

Sindhu has had a great run on the international circuit in the recent months having won the Maldives International Challenge badminton tournament in June, followed up by a title win at the Indonesia International Challenge in July. And earlier this month, she had also won the Silver medal at the Dutch Open-2011.

16 year old P.V. Sindhu, is currently ranked No.59 in the world, and this title win at the Swiss Open ensures that she will rise further up in the world rankings, when the list is updated in the coming week.

Another good performance for India in the women's singles event of the Swiss Open was from Sayali Gokhale who performed well in this tournament to reach upto the semi-finals before losing to Carola 14-21 24-26 in a closely fought match.

Also very satisfying for Indian badminton fans was the performance of the Indian doubles pairs who won even more medals at the event.

Prajakta Sawant & Pradnya Gadre win Gold

India's women's doubles pair of Pradnya Gadre and Prajakta Sawant won their first major title on the international badminton circuit as they won the Swiss title defeating French pair of Laura Choinet and Audrey Fontaine 19-21 21-10 21-10 in the finals.

Pranav Chopra & Akshay Dewalkar win Silver

India's men's doubles pair of Pranav Chopra and Akshay Dewalkar did well to reach the finals of the Swiss Open before finally going down 21-17 16-21 12-21 in the final match against the 2nd seeded Polish pair of Lukasz Moren & Wojciech Szkudlarczyk.

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Victor Indonesia Open badminton 2011: PV Sindhu storms into Semi-Finals

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There was a heartening result today for India, at the Indonesia badminton tournament, and one that augurs well for the future of Indian badminton.

India's rising badminton star PV Sindhu who just turned 16 earlier this month, has reached the semi-finals at the ongoing Victor Indonesia Open International Challenge 2011 badminton tournament, that is being held at Surabaya in East Java, Indonesia from 19-Jul-2011 to 24-Jul-2011.

Unseeded P.V. Sindhu, got the better of 8th seeded Zhang Beiwen of Singapore in the quarterfinal round defeating her in 3 sets, 21-23 21-14 21-9. She will next play against 12th seeded Tee Jing Yi of Malaysia in the semi-final round match.

While Sindhu reached the semis, the other remaining hope for India in the women's singles, reigning national badminton champion Aditi Mutatkar lost against 12th seeded Tee Jing Yi of Malaysia. Tee Ying Ji beat Aditi in a close match by a score of 21-15 20-22 21-15. It remains to be seen how Sindhu tackles the Malaysian tomorrow.

PV Sindhu (Pusarla Venkat Sindhu) who currently trains at the Gopichand badminton academy in Hyderabad, is the daughter of former international volleyball players Arjuna awardee P.V. Ramana, and P. Vijaya. Her parents must be really proud of their daugther today, who at the age of just 16 years, is already creating a few waves on the u-19 as well as the International senior badminton circuits.

Sindhu also recently had a good run at the Asian Youth under-19 badminton championships, where she had reached the semi-finals of the women's singles.

It may not be out of context here to recall that Saina Nehwal's success was also on similar lines, and she too had made her mark on the senior circuit from a very young age.

In the other women's singles semi-final match that will be played tomorrow, top seed Fransiska Ratnasari Harisaputra of Indonesia will clash with fellow Indonesian player Renna Suwarno. Unseeded Renna ousted 4th seed Nitachon Jindapol of Thailand to set up the semi-final clash with Fransiska.

In the men's singles, 8th seeded Anup Sridhar, who was India's last remaining hope in the men's singles, lost in the quarter-finals against top seed Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia. The current world no.25 Tommy defeated world no.100 Anup by a score of 21-19, 21-15.

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PV Sindhu wins SCM U-19 title

15-year old rising badminton star P.V. Sindhu of Andhra Pradesh, bagged the Girls Singles under-19 badminton title at the Sushant ChipalKatti Memorial India Junior International Badminton Championship-2011 held at Pune.

The top seeded Sindhu defeated the 2nd seeded another promising badminton player Tanvi Lad of Mumbai 21-23, 21-11, 21-7 in the finals.

Earlier Sindhu had defeated Rusydina Antardayu Riodingin of Indonesia, while Tanvi had got the better of Daya Elsa Jacob in the semi-finals.

P.V. Sindhu then converted this joy to a double title win, as she also paired with K.Maneesha to win the Girls Doubles u-19 title defeating the pair of Gauri Ghate & Daya Elsa Jacob in the girls doubles final match.

GS u-19 complete results are as below. (The last figure indicates duration of match)

First Round Results:
Visalakshi P Kanthi [IND]  - [IND]  Insha Imam 21-14 21-17   0:25
Sanchali Das Gupta [IND]  - [IND]  Anura Prabhudesai 21-10 21-17   0:25
Priya Prakash [IND] - [IND]  Shambhavi Bajaj 23-21 21-18   0:25
Rewati Deosthale [IND]   - [IND]  Vijetha K  21-13 21-11   0:21
Sudha Kalyani D [IND]   - [IND]  Pooja Mudaliar 21-18 14-21 21-17   0:35
Daya Elsa Jacob [IND]   - [IND]  Kalyani Limaye 21-12 21-8   0:20
Ruthvika Shivani G [IND]  - [IND]  Karishma Wadkar 21-17 16-21 21-10   0:33
Riya Pillai [IND]   - [IND]  Arathi Sara Sunil 22-20 16-21 21-16   1:01
Poornima Ch [IND]  - [IND]  Krupali Karani 21-12 21-14   0:25
P.V.Sindhu, Samhitha J.V, Rusydina Antardayu Riodingin, Gauri Ghate, Ruthvika Shivani, Amelia Sonia Kartika, Lalita Katre, and Tanvi Lad had got a bye in the first round of the event.

Second Round Results:
P.V. Sindhu [1] [IND]  - [IND]  Visalakshi P Kanthi 21-13 21-12   0:25
Samhitha J V [IND]  - [IND]  Sanchali Das Gupta 2-21 21-12 21-19   1:00
Rusydina Antardayu Riodingin [3/4] [INA]  - [IND]  Priya Prakash 21-7 21-9   0:20
Gauri Ghate [IND]   - [IND]  Rewati Deosthale 21-8 21-10   0:25
Daya Elsa Jacob [IND]  - [IND]  Sudha Kalyani D 21-15 21-11   0:24
Amelia Sonia Kartika [3/4] [INA]  - [IND]  Ruthvika Shivani G  21-15 21-19   0:25
Riya Pillai [IND]  - [IND]  Lalita Katre 21-13 21-16   0:22
Tanvi Lad [2] [IND]  - [IND]  Poornima Ch 21-9 21-4   0:19

Quarter-Finals:
P.V. Sindhu [1] [IND]  - [IND]  Samhitha J V  21-8 21-15   0:22
Rusydina Antardayu Riodingin [3/4] [INA]  - [IND]  Gauri Ghate 21-8 21-15   0:31
Daya Elsa Jacob [IND]  - [INA]  Amelia Sonia Kartika [3/4]  21-18 21-23 26-24   1:07
Tanvi Lad [2] [IND]  - [IND]  Riya Pillai  21-16 21-11   0:32

Semi-Finals:
P.V. Sindhu [1] [IND]  - [INA]  Rusydina Antardayu Riodingin [3/4] 21-15 21-12   0:33
Tanvi Lad [2] [IND]  - [IND]  Daya Elsa Jacob 21-15 21-15   0:36

Finals:
P.V. Sindhu [1] [IND] -  [IND] Tanvi Lad [2]  21-23 21-11 21-7