India’s badminton star PV Sindhu clinched a historic individual silver medal at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia on Tuesday (August 28). No Indian had ever reached the summit clash of a singles event at the Asian Games before the Hyderabadi shuttler.
Sindhu lost 13-21 16-21 to Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying, who is ranked No.1 in the world, in the final. It is the first time that India has won two individual medals at the Asian Games with Saina Nehwal clinching a bronze earlier.
PV Sindhu’s achievement has certainly made every Indian proud. Twitter is filled with congratulatory messages for the badminton star. India’s cricketing fraternity also took to the micro-blogging site to laud Sindhu and her achievement.
Here are some of the tweets:
Congratulations for the Silver @Pvsindhu1 . Great effort . #AsianGames2018 pic.twitter.com/0HxAoXSday
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 28, 2018
Hugely disappointing for Sindhu but quite honestly Tai played at a different level. In fact Tai seems to have drawn quite a distance between herself and the rest of the pack in women’s badminton
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) August 28, 2018
Many congratulations to two of our great sporting heroes- @Pvsindhu1 for the silver and @NSaina for the bronze and making us proud at the #AsianGames2018 . Best wishes always.
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) August 28, 2018
Two medals in a tough field is fantastic. Well done @NSaina and @Pvsindhu1 #AsianGames2018
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) August 28, 2018
Congratulations @Pvsindhu1 and to both the Men's and Women's Archery team on winning Silver ????
— Parvinder Awana (@ParvinderAwana) August 28, 2018
Wish you more success in the future competitions. #AsianGames2018 pic.twitter.com/IFV4XNTQ1J
You can be very proud of the way you played @Pvsindhu1 .Great effort to become the first Indian badminton player to win an Asian Games Silver. Onwards and upwards. #AsianGames2018 pic.twitter.com/Dkree6U76k
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) August 28, 2018
Congratulations to our Archery teams and @Pvsindhu1 on their ????medals. God bless you all with many more accolades. #AsianGames2018 pic.twitter.com/Nh6trEu95F
— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj) August 28, 2018
