Saina Nehwal  On December 12, 2010 India's ace shuttler Saina Nehwal wins Hong Kong Open, her fifth title of the year. The second seed Saina Nehwal has confirmed her status as one of the world’s best by beating Chiana's Wong.    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh congratulated badminton champion Saina Nehwal for winning the Indonesian Open Super Series at Jakarta, her third international title on a row .on June 27, 2010.  World number three Saina, seeded top in the tournament as defending champion, defeated unseeded Sayaka Sato of Japan   to clinch the Indonesian Open, which is her third title in as many weeks. She is first Indian woman to win a super series tournament (equivalent to Grand slam in tennis   Saina Nehwal is the first Indian badminton player. ranked number 3 in the world by Badminton World Federation. Saina is also the first Indian woman to reach the singles quarterfinals at the Olympics and the first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton Championships

Badminton champion Saina Nehwal  wins Hong Kong Open on December 12, 2010.

Early life   Saina was born in Hisar , Haryana on arch 17, 1990, She spent her entire life in city of Hyderabad with her ather Dr. Harvir Singh, a scientist at the Directorate of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad and her mother Usha Nehwal.  Her foray into the world of badminton was influenced by her father and her mother, both  were former badminton champions in Haryana.    When Saina was 8 yrs old , she and her father would wake up at  4am every morning and head to the stadium which was 25 km away for badminton practice . After two hours of practice, her father  would drop Saina to school on his way to work.    In 2002,  sports brand Yonex offered to sponsor Saina’s kit. As her status and rankings improved, the sponsorships increased. In 2004, BPCL signed the rising star onto their payroll, and in 2005 she was spotted by the Mittal Champions Trust.    Career in badminton   In 2006, Saina appeared on the global scene when she became the first Indian woman to win a 4-star tournament, the Philippines Open . Entering the tournament as the 86th seed, Saina went on to stun several top seeded players including number seed Huaiwen Xu before defeating Julia Xian Pei Wong of Malaysia for the title.    In  2008 she became the first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton Championships by defeating ninth seeded Japanese Sayaka Sato. She became the first Indian woman to reach the quarter finals at the Olympic Games when she upset world number five and fourth seed Wang Chen of Hong Kong in a three-game thriller. In the quarter-finals Saina  lost a nail biting 3-gamer to world number 16 Maria Kristin Yulianti. In September 2008, she won the Yonex Chinese Taipei Open 2008 beating Li Ya Lydia Cheah of Malaysia .    On 21 June 2009, she became the first Indian to win a BWF Super Series title, the most prominent badminton series of the world by winning the Indonesia Open . She beat Chinese Wang Lin in the final    Her coach are  Pullela Gopichand and Atik Jauhari    Awards   Saina Nehwal was rewarded with Arjuna award in August, 2009 and her coach Gopichand was also rewarded with Dronacharya award at the same time. Saina has been awarded with  Padma Shri award in January 2010.  Saina has been signed up by Olympic Gold Quest to support her in fulfilling her dream of winning the Olympic gold medal .

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