‘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?"
Saina Nehwal has endured a lean patch, failing to reach the semi-finals even once in the 17 tournaments she has played since winning her last title in 2019.
When asked about the Khelo India University Games, Kidambi Srikanth said the tournament will start a new sporting culture in India.
Nehwal had previously gone on record on multiple occasions praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government's initiatives.
She lost 13-21, 21-17, 15-21 to Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt in the match which lasted 47 minutes. With the defeat, Nehwal's hope has further dented.
Saina and Srikanth are placed at the 22nd and 23rd spots in BWF's rankings as April 26 has been set as the deadline date for Tokyo Olympics qualification.
