2010 Commonwealth games which is also known (Officially) as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010. It was an international multi-sport event that was from 3rd to 14th October, 2010. A total of 6081 athletes from 71 CND (Commonwealth nations and dependencies) competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest CWG till now.  It was also the largest international multi-sport event to be organized in Delhi as well as in India. And Delhi was host to the Commonwealth game. The Opening and closing ceremonies were held in the main stadium for the event at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

In 2010 Commonwealth games, India won 38 gold medals, 27 silver medals, 36 bronze medals and in total 101 medals and for the first time. India made many first time (history) in 2010 CWG like for the first time India won a medal in Gymnastics where Ashish Kumar won a Silver and a Bronze medal. And after a gap of 52 years that India won a Gold medal in Athletics and many more such events.

Now let’s come to the badminton event which was my personal favourite. The games featured six badminton events i.e., singles and doubles match for men and women, mixed doubles and mixed teams were also held.

The women’s singles event of Badminton at the 2010 commonwealth game was held in Sirifort Sports Complex, New Delhi, India from October 9 to October 14, 2010.

The Indian badminton’s golden girls- Saina Nehwal won in singles match and became the nation’s first woman shuttler to win a Commonwealth. Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa won in doubles match with gold medals on the final day of the commonwealth games on Thursday and made our country proud. History was created in the Indian badminton by winning gold medals for the country in commonwealth games.

And world number 3 Saina Nehwal beat Malaysian Wong Mew Chao Wong in a tough women’s singles final in an exciting match 19-21, 23-21, 21-13.

The 20-year-old Hyderabadi girl (Saina Nehwal) had earlier defeated Wong in the ongoing Commonwealth Games team event finals, which India had lost to Malaysia 1-3. Saina was the only player to win a match against the much stronger Malaysian team. She had defeated Wong 24-26, 21-17, 21-14.

As Saina is my favourite but she had a disappointing start as she lost the opening game to the revenge-seeking Malaysian. Still, she fought back in the second game and saved a match point to finally win the match. She was fire and dominated the final round and did not let Wong to overtake her to any point of the game. And this match was my personal favourite of Saina Nehwal. She proved it there that ‘Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again. This time more intelligently.’ She helped in empowering and inspiring me in fights like this.

And in the final conclusion, all participants participated with full of energy and it was really mesmerizing event and a proud day for our nation.

Saina Nehwal is an Indian and my favourite Badminton player. She was born on 17 march 1990 in Hisar, Haryana, India. She has won more than 24 international titles, which includes 11 BWF Superseries titles. She also achieved the world’s no. 2 position in the 2009 and in 2015 she was able to attain the world’s no. 1 position. She also became the second Indian player after Prakash Padukone and the only female player from India. She appeared in Olympics for three time, won a bronze medal in her second appearance. She is the first Indian badminton player to have won an Olympic medal, the 1st Indian to reach the final of the BWF (Badminton World Championships) major individual event, Olympics, BWF World championships. She has achieved a lot in badminton for India. And she is the only reason for my restless interest in badminton.

Achievements:
In General,
>She is credited for increasing the popularity of badminton in India.
>The Government of India (GOL) conferred the Padma Bhushan (India’s 3rd highest civilian award- on her).
>The Nation’s top two sporting honours, namely the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and the Arjuna >Award were also given by the government of India.
>Nehwal was also ranked 18th on the list of most charitable athletes.

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