P. V. Sindhu

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P. V. Sindhu
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Pusarla in 2016
Personal information
Birth namePusarla Venkata Sindhu
Country India
Born (1995-07-05) 5 July 1995 (age 24)[1]
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
(present day Hyderabad, Telangana, India)[2]
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Years active2011–present
HandednessRight
CoachPullela Gopichand
Women's singles
Career record326 wins, 139 losses
Career title(s)15
Highest ranking2 (7 April 2017 [3])
Current ranking6 (25 February 2020[4])
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  India
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Women's singles
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Basel Women's singles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Nanjing Women's singles
Silver medal – second place 2017 Glasgow Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Guangzhou Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Copenhagen Women's singles
Uber Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2014 New Delhi Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Kunshan Women's team
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon Women's team
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow Women's singles
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Gimcheon Women's singles
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Guwahati-Shillong Women's team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Guwahati-Shillong Women's singles
Commonwealth Youth Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Douglas Girls' singles
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Gimcheon Girls' singles
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Lucknow Girls' singles
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Lucknow Mixed team
BWF profile

Pusarla Venkata Sindhu (born 5 July 1995) is an Indian professional badminton player. Having made her international debut in 2009, she rose to a career high ranking of no. 2 in April 2017. Over the course of her career, Pusarla has won medals at multiple tournaments including Olympics and on the BWF circuit including a gold at the 2019 World Championships. She is the first Indian to become the Badminton World Champion.

Pusarla broke into the top 20 of the BWF World Ranking in September 2012 at the age of 17.[5] Beginning in 2013, Pusarla won a medal at every world championships, with the exception of 2015. She is just the second woman after Zhang Ning to win five or more medals at the world championships. Pusarla represented India at the 2016 Summer Olympics, becoming the first Indian badminton player to reach a final. She won the silver medal after losing out to Spain's Carolina Marin.[6]

Pusarla won her first superseries title at the 2016 China Open and followed it up with four more finals in 2017, winning the titles in South Korea and India. In addition to that, she has won a silver medal each at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and 2018 Asian Games, and two bronze medals at the Uber Cup.

With earnings of US$8.5 and $5.5 million respectively, Pusarla made the Forbes' list of Highest-Paid Female Athletes in 2018 and 2019.[7][8] She is the recipient of the sports honour Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, and India's fourth highest civilian award, the Padma Shri. She was also honoured with Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award in India, in January 2020.[9][10][11]

Early life and training[edit]

Pusarla Venkata Sindhu[12] was born in Hyderabad to P. V. Ramana[13] and P. Vijaya. Both her parents have been national level volleyball players. Her father, Ramana, who was a member of the Indian volleyball team that won the bronze medal in 1986 Seoul Asian Games, received the Arjuna Award in 2000[14] for his contribution to the sports.

Pusarla lives in Hyderabad. She did her schooling at Auxilium High School, Hyderabad.[15] Though her parents played professional volleyball, Pusarla chose badminton over it because she drew inspiration from the success of Pullela Gopichand, the 2001 All England Open Badminton Champion.[16] She eventually started playing badminton from the age of eight.[14] Pusarla first learned the basics of the sport with the guidance of Mehboob Ali at the badminton courts of Indian Railway Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications in Secunderabad. Soon after, she joined Pullela Gopichand's Gopichand Badminton Academy.[16] While profiling Pusarla's career, a correspondent with The Hindu wrote:

"The fact that she reports on time at the coaching camps daily, traveling a distance of 56 km from her residence, is perhaps a reflection of her willingness to complete her desire to be a good badminton player with the required hard work and commitment."[16]

Gopichand seconded this correspondent's opinion when he said that "the most striking feature in Sindhu's game is her attitude and the never-say-die spirit."[17] After joining Gopichand's badminton academy, Pusarla won several titles. In the under-10 years category, she won the 5th Servo All India ranking championship in the doubles category and the singles title at the Ambuja Cement All India ranking. In the under-13 years category, Pusarla won the singles title at the Sub-juniors in Pondicherry, doubles titles at the Krishna Khaitan All India Tournament, IOC All India Ranking, the Sub-Junior Nationals and the All India Ranking in Pune. She also won the under-14 team gold medal at the 51st National State Games in India.[14]

Career[edit]

In the international circuit, Pusarla was a bronze medalist at the 2009 Sub-Junior Asian Badminton Championships held in Colombo.[18] At the 2010 Iran Fajr International Badminton Challenge, she won the silver medal in the singles category.[19] Pusarla reached the quarterfinals of the 2010 Junior World Badminton Championships that was held in Mexico.[20] She was a team member in India's national team at the 2010 Uber Cup.[21]

2012[edit]

On 14 June 2012, Pusarla lost to Germany's Juliane Schenk in the Indonesia Open, 21–14, 21–14.[22] On 7 July 2012, she won Asian Youths Under 19 Championship beating Japanese Player Nozomi Okuhara in final by 18–21, 21–17, 22–20.[23] In the 2012 Li Ning China Masters Super Series tournament she stunned London 2012 Olympics gold medallist Li Xuerui of China, beating her 21–19, 9–21, 21–16 and entered the semifinals[24] but lost to 4th seeded Jiang Yanjiao of China by 10–21, 21–14, 19–21 in the semifinals.[25] A lot was expected from Pusarla in the Japan Open after her exploits in the China Open, given China pulled many of its players out of the tournament citing security reasons.[26] But she bowed out in the second round to Korean shuttler Bae Yeon Ju for 21–10, 12–21, 18–21.[27]

Pusarla then went on to participate in the 77th of Senior National Badminton Championships held at Srinagar. She was defeated in the finals by Sayali Gokhale for 15–21, 21–15, 15–21.[28] It was later revealed that Pusarla injured her knee in the China Open and she carried this injury through the Japan Open and the nationals. She decided to skip the World Junior Championships so as not to aggravate the injury.[29]

Pusarla finished runner-up in the Syed Modi India Grand Prix Gold event held in Lucknow in December 2012.[30] She didn't lose a single set coming into the final, but was upset by the Indonesian Lindaweni Fanetri for 21–15, 18–21, 21–18.[31] She reached her career best ranking of 15.[32]

2013[edit]

She won Malaysian open title 2013, beating her opponent from Singapore, Gu Juan, by 21–17, 17–21, 21–19. This was Pusarla's first Grand Prix Gold title.[33]

On 8 August 2013, Pusarla defeated the defending champion, second-seeded Wang Yihan of China, to enter the women's quarterfinals at the BWF World Championships. The 18-year-old, 10th-seeded Pusarla won 21–18, 23–21 in 54 minutes to set-up a meeting with another Chinese player, Wang Shixian. She beat Wang Shixian 21–18, 21–17 to become India's first medalist in women's singles at the World Championships.

In the 2013 Indian Badminton League, Pusarla was the captain of the team Awadhe Warriors. Her team qualified for the semifinal, where they beat Mumbai Marathas, but lost in the final to Hyderabad HotShots.

She won Macau Open Grand Prix Gold title by defeating Canada's Michelle Li on 1 December 2013. The top-seeded 18-year-old won the match 21–15, 21–12 in 37 minutes. She was awarded the Arjun Award by Government of India.[34]

2014[edit]

Pusarla reached the semifinal stage of 2014 Commonwealth Games in the women's singles competition, which she lost to Michelle Li of Canada.[35] Pusarla later created history by becoming the first Indian to win two back-to-back medals in the BWF World Badminton Championships after her bronze medal finish in 2014 BWF World Championships held in Denmark.

Pusarla defeated Wang Shixian in three sets 19–21, 21–19, 21–15, with the match lasting more than an hour. She had earlier defeated Bae Yeon-ju in the third round with 19–21, 22–20, and 25–23. However, she lost to the eventual gold medalist, Carolina Marin, in straight sets and had to settle with bronze medal together with Minatsu Mitani.

2015[edit]

In October, playing at the Denmark Open, Pusarla reached to her maiden final of a Super Series event. On her route to the final, she defeated three seeded players, namely Tai Tzu-ying, Wang Yihan and Carolina Marin. In the final, she lost to the defending champion Li Xuerui in straight games by 19–21, 12–21.[36]

In November, defending champion P. V. Sindhu won her third successive women's singles title at the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold after defeating Japan's Minatsu Mitani in the final by 21–9, 21–23, 21–14.[37]

2016[edit]

In January, Pusarla won the Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold women's singles title after beating Scotland's Kirsty Gilmour in the final.[38] She had also won this tournament in 2013.

In the 2016 Premier Badminton league, Pusarla was the captain of Chennai Smashers team. In the group league, she won all of the five matches to help her team qualify for the semifinal and won the tournament against Mumbai Rockets.

At the women's singles event, at Rio Olympics Pusarla was drawn with Hungarian Laura Sárosi and Canadian Michelle Li in Group M.[39] During the group stage matches, she beat Laura Sárosi (2–0)[40] and Michelle Li (2–1).[41] Further she ousted Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu-ying (2–0) in the round of 16[42] to meet the second seed Wang Yihan in the quarterfinals, whom she defeated in straight sets.[43]

Pusarla later faced the Japanese Nozomi Okuhara in the semifinals, won in straight sets, and ensuring her a podium finish.[44] This set the stage for her final showdown with top seed from Spain, Carolina Marín.[45] Marin managed to beat Pusarla in three sets in the 83-minute match.[46] With that result, Pusarla clinched the silver medal.[47][48] She charted history of achieving the feat as she is youngest and first female individual to bag an Olympic Silver medal representing India. This was the second instance of podium finish at the Olympics by any Indian badminton player.[49][50][51]

2017[edit]

In the India Open Superseries, Pusarla won the title by defeating Carolina Marin in straight games. In April 2017, she achieved a career-high world ranking of number 2.

In the BWF World Championships held from 21 to 27 August 2017 at Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland, Pusarla had to settle for silver after losing to Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in the finals with scores 19–21, 22–20, 20–22. Pusarla defeated Okuhara in the final of the 2017 Korea Open Super Series by 22–20, 11–21, 21–18, thereby becoming the first Indian to win Korea Open.[52]

In August, she took charges as Deputy Collector in Krishna District in the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration (CCLA) office under the Revenue Department of the Government of Andhra Pradesh.[53] In the same month she played the BWF World Championships where she was seeded fourth. After receiving a bye in the first round, she defeated Kim Hyo Min of Korea 21-16, 21-14. In her third round, she defeated Cheung Ngan Yi 19-21, 23-21, 21-17 in a close match to reach her third quarterfinals at the world championships.

Her next opponent was Sun Yu of China. Pusarla registered a comfortable 21-14, 21-9 victory over her opponent to progress to her first ever semi-finals at the tournament and guaranteed herself of a third medal at the world championships. She defeated yet another Chinese opponent Chen Yufei 21-13, 21-10 to progress into her first final. In the final she played against Nozomi Okuhara and lost the match 19-21, 22-20, 20-22 in a nail biting encounter. She won her first silver medal at the world championships and her final against Okuhara is widely regarded as one the best ever women's singles final.[54]

In Dubai World Superseries Finals, she finished as the runner-up after being defeated by Japan's Akane Yamaguchi 21–15 12–21 19–21 in 94 minutes.[55]

2018[edit]

At the prestigious 2018 All England Open, Pusarla made it to the top 4, before losing to world number 3 Akane Yamaguchi in the semifinal with the score 21–19, 19–21, 18–21. This is Pusarla's best performance at the All England Open Championships.[56] Pusarla competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, winning a gold in the mixed team event and a silver medal in the women's singles event. Pusarla in the 2018 World Championships won her second consecutive silver medal and her total fourth.[57] On 16 December 2018, Pusarla made history by becoming the first Indian to win the season-ending BWF World Tour Finals tournament in Guangzhou, China.[58]

Pusarla clinched silver title in Asian games 2018 and was defeated by world number one Tai Tzu-Ying in the final.Asian Games 2018: P. V. Sindhu nets the silver Ace shuttler P. V. Sindhu clinched a historic silver medal in Women's Singles Badminton event as she became the first Indian to finish second on the podium in the Asian Games.[59]

At the BWF World Championships in August, Pusarla was seeded third. She began her campaign defeating Fitriani of Indonesia 21-14, 21-9. In her third round match she defeated Sung Ji Huyn of Korea 21-10, 21-18 to make her fourth quarterfinal appearance at the world championships. Her next opponent was the defending champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan who she had lost the finals to in 2017. Pusarla ousted the world champion in straight games 21-17, 21-19 to reach her second consecutive semi-finals at the prestigious tournament. Pusarla further reached her second consecutive finals of the world championships by beating Akane Yamaguchi of Japan 21-16, 24-22 to set up final showdown with Carolina Marin of Spain. Pusarla won her second silver medal and her fourth overall medal at the world championships after she was defeated in the final 19-21, 10-21.

Pusarla was the only female shuttler from India to qualify for the prestigious BWF World Tour Finals. In the group stage, she was placed in Group A along with Tai Tzu Ying, Akane Yamaguchi, and Beiwen Zhang. In her first match, she defeated Akane Yamaguchi 24-22, 21-15 in straight games. In her second group stage match, she defeated the top seed and world number 1 Tai Tzu Ying 14-21, 21-16, 21-18 in three games. In her third match, she defeated Beiwen Zhang comfortably 21-9, 21-15 to progress to the semi-finals. In the semi-final she defeated former world champion and former world number 1, Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand 21-16, 25-23. In the final, she defeated rival Nozomi Okuhara of Japan 21-19, 21-17.[60]

Pusarla ended 2018 creating history by becoming the first Indian to win the season-ending BWF World Tour Finals.[61] She won the title without losing a single match in the group stage.

2019[edit]

Pusarla inside cockpit of HAL Tejas at Yelahanka AFS, Bengaluru.

Pusarla was brought by the defending champions Hyderabad Hunters in the PBL auctions 2018 and was named as their skipper.[62] They lost the semifinals to Mumbai Rockets.[63]

In her first tournament of the season, Pusarla then reached the quarterfinals of Indonesia Masters, 2019 where she lost to Carolina Marin in two consecutive games. Pusarla's next tournament was the Indian National Badminton Championships where she reached the final losing to three-time champion Saina Nehwal 18-21,15-21.

She skipped the German Open to concentrate on preparing for All England Badminton Championships. She lost in the very first round to Sung Ji Hyun of Korea by 16-21,22-20,18-21 in a thriller. Pusarla was 17-20 down in the second game but saved three match points and won it by 22-20, but eventually failed to win the third game.[64]

Just before the All England Badminton Championships she had ended her deal with Yonex and signed a mega deal with Li-Ning for 4 years worth nearly ₹500 million (US$7.0 million). This led to her having a new racket and equipment to which she had to get used to within 2–3 weeks time to debut it at the prestigious All England Badminton Championships.[65]

She next played her home tournament the India Open where she was the second seed. She lost in the semi-finals to He Bingjao of China with a scoreline 21-23, 18-21.[66]

In her next tournament, the Malaysian Open she lost in the Quarter finals to Sung Ji Hyun of Korea 18-21, 7-21.[67] After a string of disappointments in previous tournaments, she reached the semi-finals of the Singapore Open losing to Nozomi Okuhara of Japan 7-21, 11-21.[68]

She reached her first final of the season in the Indonesia Open, where she avenged her previous loss to Nozomi Okuhara of Japan by defeating her in straight games 21-14, 21-7. She then defeated Chen Yufei of China 21-19, 21-10. She lost the final to Akane Yamaguchi of Japan 15-21, 16-21.[69]

She again lost to Akane Yamaguchi of Japan 18-21, 15-21 at the Japan Open in the quarter finals.[70] She withdrew from the Thailand open in order to prepare for the upcoming BWF world Championships.

At the World Championships, she was seeded fifth. After receiving a bye in the first round she opened her campaign with a straight set victory over Pai Yu-po. A third round win over the American Zhang Beiwen was followed by her victory over Tai Tzu-ying to make the semi-final. After a bleak first game, Pusarla eventually won the encounter with a score of 12–21, 23–21, 21–19.[71] In the semi-final, she defeated China's Chen Yufei in straight sets to enter her third consecutive World Championships final.[72] In the final against Nozomi Okuhara, held at Basel in Switzerland on 25 August 2019, she won 21–7, 21–7. In the process, she became the first Indian to win gold at the championships.[73] Also, with her win, she became only the second woman after Zhang Ning to win five medals at the competition.

In October 2019, she lost her quarter final match against Tai Tzu Ying in the 2019 French Open (badminton).[74]

Despite her ranking as 15th on the World Tour, she got a wild card entry into the World Tour Finals because of her World Title victory in August this Year.[75] She competed in World Tour Finals in Guangzhou as a defending champion but failed to reach knockout Phase after losing out to Chen Yufei & Akane Yamaguchi in successive rounds. She finished off as 3rd in group after defeating He Bingjiao with score 21-19, 21-19 in her last match.

2020[edit]

She started her year participating in Malaysia Masters and was stopped in quarterfinals by Tai Tzu-ying in straight games. Pusarla was named the BBC Indian Sportswoman of Year on 8 March 2020. [76]

Endorsements[edit]

An Economic Times report published in March 2017, said that she is second only to Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli when it comes to earnings from brand endorsements.[citation needed] Pusarla charges brands anywhere between ₹10 million (US$140,000) and ₹12.5 million (US$180,000) for a single day of endorsement-related activities.[77]

Pusarla has endorsement deals with JBL, Bridgestone Tyres, sports drink Gatorade, pain reliever ointment Moov, online fashion store Myntra, e-commerce portal Flipkart, phone maker Nokia and electronics major Panasonic. She also endorses Stayfree, health drink Boost, honey producer APIS Himalaya, herbal health drink firm Ojasvita and the Bank of Baroda. She is also a brand ambassador for both the Central Reserve Police Force and Vizag Steel.[78]

In February 2019, it was announced that Pusarla had signed a four-year sports sponsorship deal for ₹500 million (US$7.0 million) with Chinese sports brand Li Ning. Pusarla's deal is one of the biggest in world badminton.[citation needed] Pusarla reportedly will get ₹400 million (US$5.6 million) as sponsorship while the rest of the money will be for equipment. This was Li-Ning's second stint with Pusarla, who was with them for two years in 2014-2015 for a sum of ₹12.5 million (US$180,000) a year. In 2016, Pusarla was back with Yonex for a ₹35 million (US$490,000) per year contract for a period of three years.[65]

Honours[edit]

Achievements[edit]

Olympic Games[edit]

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2016 Riocentro – Pavilion 4, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Spain Carolina Marin 21–19, 12–21, 15–21 Silver Silver

BWF World championships[edit]

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2019 St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland Japan Nozomi Okuhara 21–7, 21–7 Gold Gold
2018 Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, Nanjing, China Spain Carolina Marin 19–21, 10–21 Silver Silver
2017 Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland Japan Nozomi Okuhara 19–21, 22–20, 20–22 Silver Silver
2014 Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark Spain Carolina Marin 17–21, 15–21 Bronze Bronze
2013 Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou, China Thailand Ratchanok Intanon 10–21, 13–21 Bronze Bronze

Asian Games[edit]

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2018 Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia Chinese Taipei Tai Tzu Ying 13–21, 16–21 Silver Silver

Commonwealth Games[edit]

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2018 Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast, Australia India Saina Nehwal 18–21, 21–23 Silver Silver
2014 Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland Malaysia Tee Jing Yi 23–21, 21–9 Bronze Bronze

South Asian Games[edit]

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2016 Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre, Shillong, India India Gadde Ruthvika Shivani 11–21, 20–22 Silver Silver

BWF World Tour (1 title, 3 runners-up)[edit]

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[85] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[86]

Women's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2019 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Japan Akane Yamaguchi 15–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 BWF World Tour Finals (1) World Tour Finals Japan Nozomi Okuhara 21–19, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Thailand Open Super 500 Japan Nozomi Okuhara 15-21, 18-21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 India Open Super 500 United States Beiwen Zhang 18-21, 21-11, 20-22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF Superseries (3 titles, 4 runners-up)[edit]

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the World Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2017 BWF Super Series Finals Japan Akane Yamaguchi 21–15, 12–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Hong Kong Open Chinese Taipei Tai Tzu-ying 18–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Korea Open (1) Japan Nozomi Okuhara 22–20, 11-21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 India Open (1) Spain Carolina Marin 21–19, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Hong Kong Open Chinese Taipei Tai Tzu-ying 15–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 China Open (1) China Sun Yu 21–11, 17–21, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Denmark Open China Li Xuerui 19–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     BWF Superseries Finals tournament
     BWF Superseries Premier tournament
     BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (6 titles, 3 runners-up)[edit]

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2017 Syed Modi International (1) Indonesia Gregoria Mariska Tunjung 21–13, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Malaysia Masters (2) Scotland Kirsty Gilmour 21–15, 21–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Macau Open (3) Japan Minatsu Mitani 21–9, 21–23, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Macau Open (2) South Korea Kim Hyo-min 21–12, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Syed Modi International India Saina Nehwal 14–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Macau Open (1) Canada Michelle Li 21–15, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Malaysia Masters (1) Singapore Gu Juan 21–17, 17–21, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Syed Modi International Indonesia Lindaweni Fanetri 15–21, 21–18, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Dutch Open Netherlands Yao Jie 16–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     BWF Grand Prix tournament
     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 1 runner-up)[edit]

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2011 Tata Open India International India Sayali Gokhale 21–10, 20–22, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Swiss International Germany Carola Bott 21–11, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Indonesia International Indonesia Fransisca Ratnasari 21–16, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Maldives International India P. C. Thulasi 21–11, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Iran Fajr International Japan Rie Eto 14–21, 24–26 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament

Career overview[edit]

* Statistics were last updated on 25 February 2020.[87]

Singles performance timeline[edit]

Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 SR Best
BWF events
BWF World Junior Championships 2R QF 3R A N/A 0/3 QF ('10)
BWF World Championships A NH B B QF NH S S G NH 1/6 G ('19)
Olympics NH DNQ NH S NH 0/1 S ('16)
BWF Super Series BWF World Tour
England All England Open A 1R 2R 1R A 1R QF SF 1R QF 0/8 SF ('18)
India India Open N/A 1R QF SF 1R A QF W F SF Q 1/8 W ('17)
Malaysia Malaysia Open A Q1[88] 1R 2R A QF 1R SF R2 Q 0/7 SF ('18)
Singapore Singapore Open A 1R A QF A 2R QF N.P SF 0/5 SF ('19)
Indonesia Indonesia Open A 2R A 1R 1R A 2R QF F 0/6 F ('19)
Australia Australian Open N/A QF 1R 1R QF N.P 2R 0/5 QF ('14, '17)
Japan Japan Open A 2R 2R A 1R A 2R 2R QF 0/6 QF ('19)
China China Open A Q2[89] 1R A 2R W QF QF 2R 1/7 W ('16)
South Korea Korea Open A Q2[90] 2R A 2R A W N.P 1R 1/5 W ('17)
Denmark Denmark Open A 1R QF F 2R 1R 1R 2R 0/7 F ('15)
France French Open A 2R 1R 1R 2R SF QF QF 0/7 SF ('17)
China Fuzhou China Open A SF A N/A QF 1R 0/3 SF ('12)
Hong Kong Hong Kong Open A Q2[91] 1R 1R 2R 1R F F 2R 2R 0/9 F ('16,'17)
BWF World Tour Finals DNQ SF F W GS 1/4 W ('18)
BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix BWF World Tour
Malaysia Malaysia Masters A SF W A SF W A w/d A QF 2/5 W ('13, '16)
Indonesia Indonesia Masters A QF A N/A QF QF 2R 0/4 QF ('15, '18, '19)
Germany German Open A 1R[92] A QF A A 0/2 QF ('16)
Switzerland Swiss Open N/A A 1R 2R SF A QF A 0/4 SF ('14)
India Syed Modi International QF[93] SF [94] 2R[95] F NH F SF 2R W w/d A 1/8 W ('17)
China China Masters N/A A QF A N/A 0/1 QF ('16)
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Open A 2R A 0/1 2R ('15)
Vietnam Vietnam Open A QF [96] A 0/1 QF ('11)
Thailand Thailand Open A 2R A F w/d 0/2 F ('18)
Netherlands Dutch Open A F [97] A 0/1 F ('11)
Macau Macau Open A W W W A 3/3 W ('13, '14, '15)
India India Open Q2[98] 2R[99] N/A 0/2 2R ('10)
Year-end Ranking[100] 255 151 31 19 11 11 12 6 3 3 6

Summer Olympics[edit]

2016 Summer Olympics[edit]

See also: Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's singles
Stage Opponent Result Games Points
Group stage (Round 1)  Laura Sárosi (HUN) Won 2–0 21–8, 21–9
Group stage (Round 3)  Michelle Li (CAN) Won 2–1 19–21, 21–15, 21–17
Pre-Quarterfinals  Tai Tzu-ying (TPE) Won 2–0 21–13, 21–15
Quarterfinals  Wang Yihan (CHN) Won 2–0 22–20, 21–19
Semifinals  Nozomi Okuhara (JPN) Won 2–0 21–19, 21–10
Final  Carolina Marín (ESP) Lost 1–2 21–19, 12–21, 15–21

Record against selected opponents[edit]

Record against former world no. 1, Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 13 March 2020.[101] Active players are marked with bold.

Personal life[edit]

Pusarla has been employed with Bharat Petroleum since July 2013, as an assistant sports manager with their Hyderabad office. Following her silver-medal win at the Rio Olympics, she was promoted to deputy sports manager. She was appointed as first brand ambassador of Bridgestone India.[102] She was also appointed as the Deputy Collector (Group-I) by the Andhra Pradesh government.

She was the flag bearer for the Indian contingent in the opening ceremony of the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[103]

Awards and recognition[edit]

National[edit]

Others[edit]

Rewards for winning the silver medal at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics

See also[edit]

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