Twitterati ‘proud’ of Saina Nehwal, wishes her luck for future

Saina Nehwal lost the final of the women’s singles at the World Badminton Championship 16-21, 19-21 in Jakarta. (Source: AP)

Saina Nehwal, aiming to become the first Indian player to win a gold at the World Championship, was on Sunday left disappointed as she lost to World No.1 and defending champion Carolina Marin of Spain.

Saina lost the final of the women’s singles at the World Badminton Championship 16-21, 19-21 in Jakarta.

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Twitter praised the Indian girl for feat of becoming the first Indian to win a silver medal and applauded the fight she put before Marin in the final

Great game @NSaina . You fought till the very end . And put up a good fight ! Always enjoy watching your game . Great going !!

— Anushka Sharma (@AnushkaSharma) August 16, 2015

Well played @NSaina. Really proud of you. Good fight! Bad luck today! Lost to a better player on the day!

— Anil Kumble (@anilkumble1074) August 16, 2015

Anyway, another time. @NSaina. Still proud of you

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) August 16, 2015

Victory or defeat, you are the pride of our nation @NSaina . Well played… Tough luck today. Congratulations for the #Silver medal.

— Naveen Jindal (@MPNaveenJindal) August 16, 2015

Becoming Worldchampion is tough . A failure always teaches you more than what success conceals. @OGQ_India @NSaina #skills2win @NIITLtd

— Viswanathan Anand (@vishy64theking) August 16, 2015

Congratulations! Saina Nehwal on winning first ever silver by an Indian player at the World Badminton Championship. She has made India proud

— Arun Jaitley (@arunjaitley) August 16, 2015

Congratulations @NSaina on winning the Silver at the Badminton World Championships-a first for India!Great performance.You’ve made us proud!

— Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) August 16, 2015

You have made us all proud @NSaina Your silver medal at the World Championship will be an inspiration. Well done again

— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) August 16, 2015

Tough luck #sainanehwal .. #firstsilverever proud moment for badminton in India!!!

— Gutta Jwala (@Guttajwala) August 16, 2015