PV Sindhu could give India its first medal at the Rio Olympics. Sindhu notched up one of the finest victories of her six-year-old badminton career on Tuesday, when she beat second-seeded Chinese shuttler Wang Yihan, the 2012 Olympic silver medallist, by a 22-20, 21-19 scoreline in a women's singles quarter-final encounter at the 2016 Rio Olympics.The 21-year-old badminton player has become India's latest hope for an Olympic medal at the Rio 2016 games, after a shock win against the world number two. This Olympic quarterfinal was a gritty contest between youth and experience. Sindhu trailed for the majority of the first game and only got her nose ahead at 14 all but then just to see her one point lead slip away as the 28-year-old Wang rushed back to take a two-point lead. Asked about her initial feelings, Sindhu said: "This is also Rio Olympics, it's a very different feeling. It's one of the best moments. I hope there will be many more to come," World No 10 said after her win. She faces Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara in the semi-final. A junior world champ, Okuhara will pose a big challenge to Sindhu but if the Indian plays the way she did against Wang, nothing can stop her.

Okuhara is world number six while Sindhu is seeded tenth at the Rio Olympics. Many on social media praised her achievement and voiced their hope for her to win a medal. "There were big rallies, she was attacking well. My smashes were going out initially. Even she did not leave and she was lifting everything. I was really patient and I was ready for everything, which I feel was the turning point." "I never thought I would lose this, because any moment anything can change. It was not so easy to get points, both of us fought for every point. It was very close. In the first game it was 20-all and I felt even though I was leading I never thought the game was over. She came really close, even she played brilliantly," she said.