President Pranab Mukherjee, PM Narendra Modi laud PV Sindhu for semi-final feat

PM Narendra Modi congratulates P.V. Sindhu, who entered the final of the women's singles badminton competition at the Rio Olympics.

PV Sindhu will now play the gold medal match against Spaniard World No. 1 Carolina Marin. (Source: PTI)

With PV Sindhu assuring India of a silver medal in women’s singles in the ongoing Rio Olympics by crusing Japan’s Noxomi Okuhara, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday showered praises on the ace shuttler and wished her all the best for her final encounter against World No, 1 Carolina Marin.

” Superb performance @PvSindhu. You make India proud! Best of luck for the finals. #Rio2016,” he said in a tweet.

President Pranab Mukherjee also took to Twitter to the the shuttler.

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“Hearty congratulations #PVSindhu, well played, all the best for the finals #PresidentMukherjee,” he tweeted.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj also congratulated Sindhu for assuring India a second medal.

After sweeping aside her Japanese opponen in the first game, the 21-year old lank shuttler from Hyderabad continued her rich vein of form to dominate the second game as well.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi also congratulated Sindhu for her “inspiring victory”.

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PV Sindhu is in final. Winning moment in semi-final Olympic 2016

“P.V. Sindhu has made the entire nation proud by her spirited game,” she said in her message to the player.

Sindhu, two time bronze medallist at World Championship, registered an emphatic 21-19,21-10 victory in the thrilling semi-final contest that lasted 49 minutes to become the only the second woman player in badminton to win an Olympic medal after Saina Nehwal.

Sindhu will also become the fifth Indian woman to clinch a medal in Olympics history after Karnam Mallerswari, Mary Kom, Saina Nehwal and Sakshi Malik.

PV Sindhu Inches Towards Historic Olympic Gold

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In addition to this, Sindhu will also become the first Indian woman badminton player to win a Gold or Silver medal in the prestigious quadrennial event.

Earlier, Sindhu had kicked off her Rio olympics campaign with a 22-20,21-19 victory over Yihan Wang of China in a grueling quarterfinal contest.

Sindhu who has assured India of its second medal in the ongoing Olympic after bronze medallist, Sakshi Malik, will now play the gold medal match against Spaniard World No. 1 Carolina Marin.