Indian badminton player P V Sindhu in action on the Olympic court in Rio
Sidhu becomes first Indian shuttler to reach Olympic final P V Sindhu scripted history by becoming the first Indian shuttler to reach the finals of the women's singles competition at the Rio Olympics as she stunned Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in straight games to assure India of atleast a silver medal on Thursday (August 18) .
The two-time bronze medallist at World Championship notched up a sensational 21-19 21-10 victory over the All England champion from Japan in a pulsating semi-final that lasted 49 minutes.
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 country's its first medal from badminton - a bronze in London 2012.
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