Indian ace went into the tournament unseeded and on Friday she defeated hometown favourite Kirsty Gilmour to reach the semi-final, to assure herself of at least a bronze. This has been a spectacular journey at the championship for the shuttler who went through a rough patch after returning from 2016 Rio Olympics to undergo a surgery on account of an injury. You feel extremely hurt when you don't play such big event and only I know what I went through." About the pain after the surgery, she said, "The pain will never go away. For love of the game, I need to do it and come back stronger."

Source: dna August 26, 2017 05:48 UTC