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Birth date and place Age:22 17/03/1990 - HYEDERABAD 
Saint Ann's College, Hyderabad, IND Language(s) spoken Hindi, English Club name Hyderabad, IND Coach Pullela Gopichand [national] (IND) (The Hindu, 24 Jan 2012) Handedness Right (MSN India, 23 Aug 2006) Other sports Her parents were former Indian state champions in badminton. (The Hindu, 20 Jul 2005) Debut 2003 (iloveindia.com, 24 Aug 2008) Additional information Start of sporting career She started playing the sport at age eight in a summer training camp at the Lal Bahadur Stadium, Hyderabad. (ezinearticles.com, 27 Jun 2010) Reason for taking up this sport Her foray into the world of badminton was influenced by her father Dr. Harvir Singh, a scientist and her mother Usha Nehwal, both of whom were former badminton champions in Haryana. (olympicgoldquest.in, 01 Sep 2010) Ambitions To win an Olympic Games gold medal. (The Hindu, 20 Jul 2005) Hero Indian badminton player Aparna Popat. (tssonnet.com, 14 Sep 2007) Awards At age 16 she became the first Indian woman to win a four-star badminton event, badminton's equivalent of a grand slam title, when she took the 2006 Philippines Open. (India Daily, 28 May 2006) In 2006 she became the first Indian woman to reach the final of the world junior championships. (newindpress.com, 07 Dec 2007) 2008- Arjuna Award. (badmintonindia.org, 14 Sep 2009) She was selected for the prestigious Padma Shri Award in 2010 for her stellar performance in 2009. In August 2009, Saina was bestowed with the prestigious Arjuna Award. She was also named The Most Promising Player in 2008 by the International Badminton Federation. (olympicgoldquest.in, 01 Sep 2010) In 2010 she was presented with India's highest sporting honour, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award. (bbc.co.uk, 31 Jul 2010) General LACK OF SPEED She said she needs to work on her speed and endurance if she is to realise her aim of breaking into the world's top 15. "I have been constantly playing the top players. I am now going even with the top players till the last five points. I don't think skill-wise there is much of a difference between them and me. Where I lag behind is speed and endurance. And I have to work on these two areas," she said. (newindpress.com,, 07 Dec 2007) FIRST She was the first Indian to win a Super Series tournament after clinching the Indonesia Open in Jakarta in June 2009. She is the first Indian woman to reach the singles quarterfinals at the Olympics (Beijing 2008) and the first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton Championships (Pune 2008). (olympicgoldquest.in, 01 Sep 2010) Previous Olympics Beijing 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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