Top 5 women’s badminton players in 2017

#3 PV Sindhu

BWF Dubai World Superseries Finals - Day Three — PV Sindhu

2017 was pretty much PV Sindhu’s first consistent season on the Tour. Sindhu’s confidence got a massive boost since her historic silver medal at the Rio Olympics last year and that, in turn, helped her inject a bit of consistency that was earlier missing from her resume.

Sindhu finished the year with three titles, two of which were Superseries, having reached a career-high No. 2 in the ranking chart. The lanky Indian exuded some major improvements in her game, which included sprucing up her backhands and her defence.

That was evident when she played two of the biggest finals of the year at the World Championships and the World Superseries Finals. She succumbed to close three-game defeats in both, but the tenacity and the hunger that she showed definitely augur well for the future.

About the author

Sudeshna is a veteran Indian Sports and International Tennis journalist as well as editor at Sportskeeda. She has an overall experience of over 10 years with top publications like The Bridge, Fox Sports Asia, and gained a keen interest in Indian sports since the 2002 Commonwealth and Asian Games when she was in school.

Sudeshna holds a Master's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. She attends tournaments regularly and being a highly experienced journalist, she ensures she only contacts the correct people from her network for the most authentic information to be put in her articles.

Sudeshna’s favorite Indian athlete is PV Sindhu owing to her big-tournament performances. She also admires Tennis legend Rafael Nadal for his resilience and has witnessed the Spaniard in action at the French Open, due to which, Roland Garros is her all-time favorite Grand Slam tournament.

Neeraj Chopra’s gold medal win at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics made a lasting impact on Sudeshna. She has also interviewed him along with Badminton star Chirag Shetty and several other sports personalities. She has done on-ground reporting on multiple ITF tournaments along with the Premier Badminton League, Asian Boxing Championships and the Davis Cup.

When not using her skills and years of experience in crafting compelling content, Sudeshna likes to read, watch movies and travel.

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Edited by Sudeshna Banerjee