Ace shuttler PV Sindhu achieved an extraordinary feat in Basel, Switzerland. She became the first Indian to win a gold medal at the BWF World Championship, thus making her country proud.
Having been a ‘silver girl’ in the last two years, the 24-year-old finally got her gold with a phenomenal performance against Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara. Sindhu beat Okuhara in straight games by 21-7, 21-7 in just 38 minutes.
From Sachin Tendulkar to VVS Laxman, the entire cricket fraternity lauded the badminton champ’s historic achievement.
Tendulkar tweeted –
“Amazing performance, @Pvsindhu1!
Congratulations on becoming the 1st ever 🇮🇳 to win the BWF World Championships!
You have made India proud, yet again.
#BWFWorldChampionships2019”
Amazing performance, @Pvsindhu1!
Congratulations on becoming the 1st ever 🇮🇳 to win the BWF World Championships!
You have made India proud, yet again.#BWFWorldChampionships2019 pic.twitter.com/sUYPsVlnLT— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) August 25, 2019
Laxman wrote –
“Congrats @Pvsindhu1 on winning the Gold medal at #BWFWorldChampionships2019 Great exhibition of skill, fitness and mental strength to defeat Japan’s Okuhara in such an emphatic fashion. Proud of you.”
Congrats @Pvsindhu1 on winning the Gold medal at #BWFWorldChampionships2019 Great exhibition of skill, fitness and mental strength to defeat Japan’s Okuhara in such an emphatic fashion. Proud of you.
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) August 25, 2019
Here’s how the rest of the cricketing world reacted –
Purpose fuels passion. Congratulations to the newly crowned World Champion #PVSindhu for winning the 🥇 at #BWFWorldChampionships2019. Time and again, you've made us Indians proud! pic.twitter.com/JDZwHKeioO
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) August 25, 2019
Congratulations @Pvsindhu1 for winning the Gold at the BWF World Championships. You are an inspiration! pic.twitter.com/DYu9UkrLIH
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 25, 2019
This has to be the most commanding performance by an Indian athlete, certainly in living memory. 21-7, 21-7. What a star @Pvsindhu1. Great moment for Indian sport. What a day. Proud.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) August 25, 2019
PV Sindhu.. 1st Indian to win BWF World Championships Gold Medal. So proud of you. Congratulations 👏 World Champion! pic.twitter.com/auGM05xLik
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) August 25, 2019
Congratulations @Pvsindhu1. Terrific stuff. Keep growing! #PVSindhu #BWFWorldChampionships
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha) August 25, 2019
It’s been a Super Sunday 4 a sports lover.Firstly @Pvsindhu1 winning d #BadmintonWorldChampionships 👏and den @benstokes38 Unbelievable match winning knock. One of d greatest innings in test cricket 4 sure👍 After dat @ajinkyarahane88 10th hundred 👏 Congratulations everyone 😊
— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj) August 25, 2019
The Nation's pride – congratulations on the gold PV Sindhu. Keep the Indian flag flying high.@Pvsindhu1 pic.twitter.com/msp3eWzx4b
— 𝕸𝖔𝖍𝖆𝖒𝖒𝖆𝖉 𝖘𝖍𝖆𝖒𝖎 (@MdShami11) August 25, 2019
Congratulations @Pvsindhu1 for winning gold at the #BWFWorldChampionships.. Such a proud moment for us 🇮🇳
— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) August 25, 2019
Heartiest congratulations to PV Sindhu on becoming the first Indian to clinch #BWFWorldChampionships 2019 Gold. Very proud of your outstanding achievement 🙏@Pvsindhu1 #PVSindhu pic.twitter.com/dz1kHmtr1T
— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) August 26, 2019
