‘Leaving on my own terms’: Saina Nehwal retires after two-year injury break
Saina Nehwal revealed that she chose not to make a formal retirement announcement at the time, believing her absence from competition spoke for itself.
Saina Nehwal revealed that she chose not to make a formal retirement announcement at the time, believing her absence from competition spoke for itself.
Nehwal has announced her separation from fellow shuttler and husband Parupalli Kashyap.
President Droupadi Murmu’s natural love for sports and games was seen when she played badminton with Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal at the Badminton Court in Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Wednesday.
London 2012 Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal held the previous record for the most weeks as world No. 1 for an Indian badminton player. She climbed up to the No. 1 rank in the badminton rankings on August 18, 2015, and remained there till October 21, 2015, for nine weeks.
World Champion took to X to share a picture with her mother with the beautiful monument in the backdrop, captioning the post, "How marble-ous is the Taj Mahal?"
The coronavirus outbreak severely impacted some of the most high profile sporting events worldwide be it the Indian Premier League (IPL) or Serie A and La Liga matches.
If Saina Nehwal is quarantined she will miss India Open and Malaysia Open, deterring her chance of improving her ranking and qualifying for Tokyo Olympics.
PV Sindhu, who is almost assured of an Olympic berth, will look to end a nearly two-decade-old title jinx at the All England Championship.
This year's India Open remains under the scanner in the wake of 29 positive novel coronavirus cases reported in the country.
Saina is looking to keep her Tokyo Olympic hopes alive after an inconsistent outing in 2019 and not the best of starts this year.
