World Badminton Championships 2017: Five incredible records broken by Indian shuttlers

#1 Sindhu unbeaten versus China

PV Sindhu breezed past Chen Yufei in the semis

There’s something about PV Sindhu facing the Chinese. She always manages to find an extra gear whenever she meets a Chinese on the opposite side of the net at the World Championships.

And her stunning winning streak remained unblemished even after the conclusion of the 2017 championships. The 22-year-old has lorded over the formidable brigade, six out of six times which thoroughly establishes her fearlessness she at the biggest stage.

As an 18-year-old, the lanky Hyderabadi first reigned supreme over the second seed Wang Yihan in the third round and the seventh seed Wang Shixian in the quarter-finals at their own backyard in Guangzhou in 2013.

Interestingly, she sent packing both the former World No. 1s in straight games. Against Yihan, she ground out a 21-18, 23-21 win and against Shixian, she emerged a 21-18, 21-17 winner.

If that was considered a fluke, then she returned the next year to make a scalp of Shixian yet again. This time it was way tougher but Sindhu banked on her self-belief to secure a 19-21, 21-19. 21-15 victory over the second seed in the quarters.

In 2015, she returned empty-handed from the competition but not before becoming an insuperable barrier for the reigning Olympic champion Li Xuerui. This time too, it was a gruelling contest with the Indian getting the better of the highly accomplished Xuerui, 21-17, 14-21, 21-17.

In the 2017 edition, the fierce and determined Sindhu was already ranked No. 4 and was bubbling with confidence. The Sindhu gale swept away the fifth seed Sun Yu 21-14, 21-9 in the quarter-finals and the ninth seeded Chen Yufei 21-13, 21-10 in the semi-finals for her fifth and sixth wins over the feared Chinese.