Saina Nehwal is on a Roll . For the uninitiated , Saina Nehwal is the 19 year old Badminton Champion from India . Saina's current Badminton World Federation ranking is six .
On june 21 2009 she created history when she beacme the first Indian to win a Super Seris Tournament in Jakarta by clinching the Indonesian Open .
Ranked 86'th in the Philippines Open , she became the first Indian Woman to win a 4 star tournament.
In 2006 Saina was the runner-up and in 2008 she was the winner of BWF World Junior Championships(World Junior Badminton Championships)
In September 2008 she won Chinese Taipei Open.
Saina was named the Most Promising Player in 2008 .She has lived upto that tag.
Her rise has been stupenduous and meteoric . On her way to the 6'th rank Saina Nehwal has deeated some of the top chinese ,malaysian and Indonesian players . This is an achievement in itself .
There was a time when Prakash Padukone had phenomenal success upto 1980's . But then Chinese came onto the scene . Prakash Padukone just could not handle them . However Saina Nehwal is doing quite well against these players and has scalped quite a few topseeds . She is almost on par with players like Prakash Padukone and her mentor Pullela Gopichand , both winners of All England Champioships .
Unlike Tennis star Sania Mirza, Saina Nehwal is making news for her Badminton and not for frivolous stuff like Sania Mirza who has not won anything substantial in a long time .
Saina Nehwal says , "Right now, my focus is to play 100 percent and beat the player, not to take unnecessary pressure on my shoulders.
"I should not start thinking I have to play for the people or win for them.
"When I go onto the court, I should think I'm playing for myself, and I'm happy doing that."
That says it all.
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