Rio 2016: Shuttler PV Sindhu on cloud nine after silver-medal feat

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Rio de Janeiro, Aug 19: After bagging a historic silver in women's singles badminton competition at the Rio Olympics, an elated PV Sindhu on Friday (Aug 19) said she implemented all the strategies and gave her best to achieve the feat.

Her silver took India's tally to two medals after wrestler Sakshi Malik settled for the bronze in the 58 kilogram Freestyle category on Wednesday.

The 21-year-old said she was proud to bag the silver medal although she felt a gold would have been better: "I am really proud that I could get a silver medal at Olympics. A gold would have been good but I played very well."

In the decider, Carolina got off to a flying start as she took a five-point lead in the initial stage at 6-1.

But Sindhu, who was on a giant-killing spree after dismissing two higher-ranked opponents in competition, displayed grit to pull level at 10-10. Carolina went into the mid-game interval leading by a slender one point margin.

After the breather, the duo continued to fight for each point valiantly but it was the more experienced Carolina who proved superior. Sindhu though kept herself within a touching distance of Carolina at 14-16.

But Sindhu was left powerless when Carolina upped the ante to pull ahead 19-14. She edged closer to match point with a half smash and eventually clinched the contest 21-15.

IANS