Saina Nehwal Win Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
Saina Nehwal Win Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
Commonwealth Games gold winner Saina Nehwal is also the youngest Indian to win the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award. And there are enough reasons for her to become so. The 20-year won three back-to-back titles – Indian Grand Prix, Singapore Super Series and Indonesian Open. Riding on her performance, Saina became World No. 2 badminton player.
In 2006, Saina became the first Indian woman to win the Philippines Open. In 2008, she became the first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton Championships. Same year in the Beijing Olympics, she became the first Indian woman to advance to the quarter-finals. In September 2008, she won the Yonex Chinese Taipei Open.
In 2009, she won the BWF Super Series title. Last year, she was awarded with the Arjuna Award and earlier this year she was bestowed with the Padma Shri award.
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