After Sindhu's victory, Saina sets Twitter abuzz

Mumbai, Aug 10: Although P V Sindhu became the first Indian woman player to win an individual medal at the World Badminton Championship Friday, on Twitter it was Saina Nehwal who reigned. After Sindhu's record Saina was trending on Twitter.

Sindhu and Saina were playing to qualify in the semi-finals of the World Badminton Championships held in Guangzhou, China, in separate matches. Sindhu went on to win against China's Shixian Wang (21-18, 21-17), assuring herself a medal. Nehwal, on the other hand, lost to Korean Yeon Ju Bae (21-23 9-21) earlier in the day.

Here is a tweet that sums up the surprise:

What explains this anomaly is also the element of surprise.

Indian badminton's darling, Saina Nehwal was the first Indian female player to win a medal in Badminton at the Olympics. She also consistently held 2nd rank in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings for quite some time and recently dropped a place to No.4 .

According to the tweets that were going around, if anyone expected an Indian female player to break into the hallowed world of a world championship medal, they expected it to be Saina Nehwal.