Even as PV Sindhu stunned the badminton world, accounting for defending champion and World No 2 Yihan Wang 21-18, 23-21, en route to the quarter-finals of the World Badminton Championships in Guangzhou, China yesterday, her parents were not ready to begin celebrating just yet. <img alt="PV Sindhu" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/aug/PV-Sindhu.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 743px;" /> PV Sindhu Her father, PV Ramana and mother P Vijaya, are happy that their daughter avenged her defeat to Yihan in their only previous meeting at the Sudirman Cup in May this year. &ldquo;Yes it&rsquo;s a huge thing that she beat Yihan. But we will hold on to the celebrations for the moment. She should try and extract maximum confidence after this victory,&rdquo; her mother Vijaya told MiD DAY from Hyderabad. &ldquo;We are very happy for her. I don&rsquo;t want to dream big now. She has reached the quarter-finals and that&rsquo;s an achievement, no doubt. But, I want her to take each match as it comes. It will be nice if she is able to make it to the final.&rdquo; Sindhu managed to take a 12-9 lead in the first game, before Yihan levelled at 16-16. Later, Sindhu used the net play to her advantage and won the game. In the second game, the 18-year-old had a 13-7 lead. But the defending champion fought back and made it 17-19. Sindhu made it 20-17 and later Yihan won four points to lead 21-20. Eventually, Sindhu clawed back by first levelling and then taking the next two points to bag the match 23-21. She will take on another Chinese &mdash; seventh seed Shixian Wang in the quarters. Sindhu&rsquo;s father Ramana, a former India volleyball captain and also an Arjuna awardee, said that he was nervous ahead of the match. &ldquo;I was traveling back to Hyderabad from Delhi by train when her match was going on. I was very nervous as she was playing Yihan. &ldquo;I called my colleagues in office to keep a track of each point. I couldn&rsquo;t control my emotions when she won,&rdquo; he said.u00a0Ramana added that Sindhu couldn&rsquo;t practice from July 17-22 due to an ankle injury, so the victory was extra special. He was also happy that she had learnt her lessons from their previous meeting. &ldquo;During the Sudirman Cup, despite having a strapped knee she stretched her to a three-setter. But today, I am proud she beat her. I hope that such close matches will make her tough and she can continue to perform like that in every tournament.&rdquo;u00a0

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