Rio 2016: Twitter lauds PV Sindhu, wishes her best for Badminton finals

Indian shuttler PV Sindhu astonished the entire world by beating world number six player Okuhara Nozomi from Japan at Rio on Thursday, assuring a silver medal to India.

Sindhu made a vivacious victory by defeating her competitor with 21-19, 21-10 in straight sets and entered finals to face Spain’s Marin.

As she won, wishes started poring in and undoubtedly it was a moment of immense pride for India. What remains the best part about this victory is it became the second success at Rio for India just hours after Sakshi nailed the country's first medal following 11 blank days in this Brazilian city.

With this, Sindhu became the first ever Indian to enter summit clash of the shuttle game in the quadrennial sports spectacle.

Here is how Twitter lauded the Indian shuttler and wished her best a gold medal:

Hearty congratulations #PVSindhu, well played, all the best for the finals #PresidentMukherjee

— President of India (@RashtrapatiBhvn) August 18, 2016

Superb performance @PvSindhu1. You make India proud! Best of luck for the finals. #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/kXwqodB3K7

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 18, 2016

I am even more overjoyed as both @Pvsindhu1 and @SakshiMalik are members of our Indian Railway family.Moment of immense pride #Rio2016 1/2

— Suresh Prabhu (@sureshpprabhu) August 18, 2016

T 2352 - Never ever underestimate power of female gender ! #PVSindhu you have destroyed so many 'naysayers' .. you are the PRIDE of INDIA !

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) August 18, 2016

Sakshi….Sindhu…. Dono ko Salaam! pic.twitter.com/RFhfUkUpsS

— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) August 18, 2016

We are proud of you. Praying for your Gold. @Pvsindhu1

— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) August 18, 2016

#Rio2016 Congrats @Pvsindhu1 Convincg victory..Well deservd..Keep up d momntm..Stop not till the GOLD is reached..Best wishes #PVSindhu #IND

— Rajyavardhan Rathore (@Ra_THORe) August 18, 2016

PV Sindhu's performance today has kindled the hopes for a Gold medal to #IND. Congratulations to her on reaching the Olympic final. #Rio2016

— Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) August 18, 2016

Congratulation and superb win. All the best for final🇮🇳 waiting for gold @Pvsindhu1 #Badminton #BillionCheers #KheloIndia #proudindia

— Mary Kom (@MangteC) August 18, 2016