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    Only one among all sportspersons each year is selected for the award. For Saina, this precious moment arrived in the year 2010. After all, she deserved the award. The badminton player experienced a heart touching movement when both houses of the Indian Parliament gave her a standing ovation in December 2011. Another ovation followed in March 2012.

Some Special Moments
in Saina’s Career
    Every sport star has special moments in his or her career. Super shuttler of India, Saina Nehwal is no different. She has played many tournaments and championships since she was a child. She definitely holds some special unforgettable memories with many of these tournaments. Here is a description of some of the most special moments in Saina Nehwal’s career.
    The Junior Czech Open
    The tournament was held in the year 2003. This was the beginning of Saina’s career. She believes that this game made her famous. Winning the Under-19 tournament in the international circuit was a dream. After this game, Saina was recognized as an international player. This was actually the starting of good things in Saina’s career.
    The Philippine Open
    The Philippine Open in badminton is an international open held in the Philippines since 2006. Saina Nehwal created history when she became the first Indian woman player to win a four-star badminton tournament. She defeated Julia Xian Pei Wong of Malaysia 21-15, 22-20 in the women’s singles final of the Philippines Open at Pasig City, Manila.
    In an interview, Saina said “I am delighted and never expected to win such a big event so soon. My ultimate target is to win the All England championship one day.”
    World Junior Badminton Championships
    The BWF World Junior Championships is also known as the World Junior Badminton Championships. It is a tournament organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) to crown the best junior badminton players (under-19) in the world. The 2008 BWF World Junior Championships took place in Pune, India, from 29th October to 2nd November 2008. This is renowned as a very prestigious tournament. Saina worked really hard to win this tournament.
    Saina’s victory was a matter of pride for India. It was actually the victory for Indian Sports. With this game, Saina Nehwal became the first Indian to win badminton Super Series Title. In this game, Saina played really well. She varied her dribbles and flicks so well. She ran her rival around with a very tantalizing and beguiling mix and controlled the net play.
    Indonesia Open 2009, 2010, and 2012
    The 2009 Indonesia Open Super Series was the sixth tournament of 2009 BWF Super Series badminton tournament. It was held from June 16 to June 21, 2009 in Indonesia. Saina Nehwal scripted history by becoming the first Indian to win a Super Series tournament after she clinched the Indonesian Open title with a stunning victory over higher ranked Chinese Lin Wang in Jakarta. Saina clinched her maiden Super Series title beating Wang 12-21, 21-18, 21-9 in an edge-of-the-seat thriller that lasted 49 minutes.

    Saina Nehwal during the women’s singles final medal ceremony
at the Indonesian Open 2009 badminton competition
in Jakarta on June 21, 2009

    According to her former coach Pullela Gopichand, her triumph is the best ever performance by any Indian woman and at par with All England Championship titles won by Prakash Padukone. In the thrilling final, Saina (who was world number eight rank) at that time came from behind to outsmart world number three Wang. Saina took sometime to get into the groove as she struggled to gauge the game plan of Wang in the first game. Wang opened a 4-9 lead and rode on her smashes and better net play to pocket the first game as Saina was left to do the catch up act.
    But the Indian ace rallied her way back in the second game. Saina levelled the score at 5-5 and then moved together with her Chinese rival till 17-17 before surging ahead to pocket the second game 21-18. In the decider, Saina was in her