PV Sindhu's silver at the Rio Olympics 2016 is a new high for Indian badminton. The 21-year-old Hyderabad girl went down against Spain's Carolina Marin 19-21, 21-12, 21-15 in a contest that lasted an hour and 23 minutes.
It was a hard fought encounter in the badminton women's singles final at the Rio Olympic badminton final on Friday as both Sindhu and Marin fought tooth and nail for the glory.
Eventually, Spain's Carolina Marin triumphed 19-21, 21-12, 21-15 over India's PV Sindhu after 1 hour and 23 minutes on the court. For PV Sindhu, it was a matter of what could have been. But a first-ever appearance in the final of a badminton event at the Olympics has seen the Hyderabad-born athlete being celebrated on social media by users from India.
Sindhu 'an inspiration', tweets Bindra Sindhu was gracious in defeat. She embraced Marin after a well-contested final that the Spaniard deserved to win. "Never thought I would make it this far. Overall I am on cloud nine at the moment, this feels amazing," said Sindhu.
Sindhu was in great form till she met world champion Carolina Marin in Rio on Friday. In her maiden Olympics, Sindhu staged a marvelous comeback to win the first game 21-19. Sindhu's intensity and her hunger to win against a high quality rival was very clear.
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