‘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?"
Srikanth's withdrawal comes a day after Saina withdrew from the tournament to focus on getting some valuable recovery time.
World number 9 Saina, who also withdrew from this week’s Korean Open, said she was struggling with her pancreatitis and injuries.
At 11, his brother suggested he take his badminton seriously and Gopi, as he is affectionately known as, never looked back from then.
Saina and Sameer are both scheduled to play Gwangju Korea Masters Super 300 tournament next week.
Currently ranked 9 in the world rankings, Saina has now lost five of her last six tournaments in the opening round itself.
