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Sports Minister felicitates Badminton stars and their coaches

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The Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Vijay Goel here today felicitated Badminton Players Saina Nehwal, P.V Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth and their coaches P. Gopichand and Vimal Kumar.

Speaking on the occasion Shri Goel said that P.V Sindhu and Saina Nehwal has one again proved that daughters of India can achieve anything in any sphere of life by their grit and determination . He said they have won the hearts of million by their feat in the recently concluded world Badminton Championship at Glasgow. He said their success will inspire millions of youth of this country especially the budding sports persons.

P.V Sindhu, Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth thanked the Government of India, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Sports Minister Shri Vijay Goel for their consistent support to players. Both the players said the keen interest of the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in the promotion of Sports and welfare of sports persons makes it possible to work hard towards achieving success.

P. Gopichand and Vimal Kumar said that due to hard work and success of Badminton players, badminton is now the most popular sport in the country after cricket. They said due to facilities available to players now, India is continuously progressing well in different sports.

PM Congratulates Kidambi Srikanth on Winning Australian Open

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Indian Badminton Player Kidambi Srikanth, on winning Australian Open Super Series.

“We are really proud of the victory of Kidambi Srikanth in the Australian Open. I congratulate him for yet another wonderful win”, the Prime Minister said.

Srikanth won the Australian Open over his Chinese counterpart Chen Long, finishing the game 22-20, 21-16 on Sunday, June 25, 2017.This is Srikanth’s 4th Super Series title, and first win over Chen Long in their six plays so far.

Ranked World No 11, Srikanth’s second straight title victory in a week after the Indonesian Open Super Series Premier last Sunday, sets him take on bigger names in the near future.

Srikanth took 11-9 lead at the break and gave in slightly to Long who made a return with three straight points at 12-11.Despite Chen’s game point with a cross court smash, Srikanth finally held the sway and won it 22-20.

In the second game too, Srikanth dominated with a five-point lead at 19-15 and finally sealed it with 21-16 to win the singles title.

Srikanth was honoured with Arjuna Award in 2015. President Pranab Mukherjee presented the Arjuna Award for the year-2015 to Kidambi Srikanth Nammalwar for Badminton, at a ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on August 29, 2015.