Hyderabad, Mar 1: PV Sindhu, India's Rio Olympic silver medalist in badminton who was recently in the scheme of things at the India Open 2018 and Badminton Asia Team Championship, has achieved her career-best No. 2 ranking but couldn't hold on to it for long. The defending champ of India Open also conceded the titleto Beiwen Zhang last month thus slipping in ranks as well. Currently, World Number four, the 22-year-old shuttler has intimated her intention to grab the 'Numero Uno' spot and has expressed that she is working hard to be the best in the world.
"When I started playing at the age of eight my dream was to play for India and that was the first dream. When I started playing for India that is when I thought someday I have to be (on) top of the world. I am trying to be World No. 1...Now my dream is to become World No. 1 and definitely, it's in progress. I would want to see myself there," Sindhu conveyed at a promotional event organised at her alma mater--Auxilium High School.
The Hyderabadi player how her mother inspired her as she said, "She has always been there saying that 'do your best' and 'give your best' in whatever you do. Be brave and stay strong and all women should do that and believe in ourselves."
Participating in an interaction with students and teachers at the event, Sindhu intimated about her life's challenges but also denoted the importance of never backing down, "But I don't feel it's a burden kind of thing because I wanted to achieve my dream and I just followed that. There was a certain time where I thought what's going on wrong because at sometimes you might not give your best. Sometimes you might just play brilliantly but when you tend to lose, you think that what's happening or what's going on wrong."
"I think learning from your mistakes and coming back much stronger is an important thing that is what I feel and that's how I learnt and came up in my life," Sindhu said.
The 2017 Glasgow Silver Medalist also signified the necessities of discipline and being humble in life, You have to always be grounded, that is the most important thing. Even though you win a lot more or be at the top position you always have to be grounded. You have to give respect and also discipline is very much important and those are the values I have learned from this school."
On her parents, Sindhu said, "My parents' support was always there and they motivated me. My parents played a very important role and I am lucky to have parents like them because they were sports-persons."
"Everybody will face challenges in their lives. If you want to achieve something in your life you have to believe in yourself even though there are ups and downs. You have to go through it and hard work is the key to success. For me, I have come so far and I just feel it is starting for me even though I faced so many challenges," Sindhu added.
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) sanitary napkin brand 'Stayfree' on Wednesday announced its campaign 'Dreams of Progress' with Sindhu, as their brand ambassador.
When asked if she manages to play on the day of her periods, Sindhu replied "Yes. Periods are just normal. Girls should not hold back thinking that periods is an issue. If you want to have your dream you should not stop that because of periods".
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