saina nehwal was the first indian to win junior world badminton championship.
who was first indian to win junior world badminton championship?
saina nehwal
nehwal entered 2017 with maiden malaysia open grand prix gold title. she went on to reach the quarterfinals of the all england championships 2018. she couldn't do well much of the year due to injury; she was still recovering. in august she was seeded 12th in the world badminton championships at glasgow. nehwal again dug deep into her reservoir to eke out a 21-19 18-21 21-15 win over world no. 31 kristy gilmour of scotland in the quarterfinal. however, she lost in the semifinal in a tight 3 setter to eventual winner nozomi okhuhara of japan, thus winning the bronze medal. this was nehwal's second consecutive medal at world badminton championship and a record breaking 7th consecutive quarterfinal. she then won the 82nd national badminton championship by beating p. v. sindhu in the final.
saina nehwal
jwala started playing badminton at the age of six. her chief achievement as a youngster was to win the under-13 girls mini national badminton championship held at thrissur, kerala. in 2000, jwala (aged 17) won the junior national badminton championship. the same year, she also won the women's doubles junior national championship and the senior national badminton championship, both in partnership with shruti kurien. this association was to last several years, and the pairing of jwala gutta and shruti kurien won the women's doubles national title for seven years in succession, from 2002 to 2008.









































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