"I can't believe it...," she says, minutes after her semifinal victory at the India Open in New Delhi that brought her the World No. 1 crown.
While India hailed the new queen, Saina said her focus is on the final. "I am playing the India Open final for the first time. I want to keep doing well," she adds. Focused she may be, but Saina knows what she has achieved is no mean feat. And that too at 25. "It's a great day for me... It's a big day... It's an awesome day... I am the first woman from India to become World No. 1... Wow!" Saina says excitedly.
A few years ago, after three back-to-back tournament wins that put her in the World No. 3 slot, she had told us, "I am not perfect, but if I can be World No. 3, I can become World No. 1 as well."
But the focus is not on the numbers game for Saina, as she says, "If I stay focused on the game, the other things (rankings) will fall in place."
However, it's not been easy for the shuttler. "I was World No. 9 last year. I never thought that in seven months, I will be World No. 1. It has been a difficult journey, but I am glad I have achieved this. Everyone dreams to be World No. 1 - I had that dream too and it has come true."
Saina credits her rise in ranking to coach Vimal Kumar in Bengaluru, under whose tutelage she not only overcame her nemesis, the Chinese, but also created history. "The credit for my success goes to Vimal. He has worked very hard to train me. He even lost a lot of weight in the process!" she says with a laugh, adding, "Also, Prakash (Padukone) sir's inputs have helped me a lot."
Not many know that the first thing she does after achieving something big is picking up the phone and calling her parents. But Saina couldn't do that after becoming World No. 1.
"Papa is busy on the phone. I will speak to him in the night," Saina told us after the semis. Later, after speaking to her parents, she excitedly said, "My mom and dad are very simple people. Today, I am World No. 1, but they are like 'Beta, did you have food?'... and other similar questions, but I am sure they are very happy. They don't show it as they believe I can achieve a lot more."
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