Saina Nehwal enters Orleans Masters quarters
Other Sports | March 25, 2021 17:47 ISTRunning against time to make it to her fourth Olympics, Saina recovered from the opening game reversal to see off world no. 65 Marie Batomene.
Running against time to make it to her fourth Olympics, Saina recovered from the opening game reversal to see off world no. 65 Marie Batomene.
Fourth-seeded Saina, who is desperately seeking ranking points to make it to her fourth Olympics, took just 21 minutes to crush Ireland's Rachael Darragh 21-9 21-5 in a women's singles opening round match
Actor Parineeti Chopra says boarding Saina Nehwal's biopic post-Shraddha Kapoor's exit was not a point of concern for her as she was completely engrossed in the process of understanding the director Amol Gupte's vision.
Trailer of Bollywood actress Parineeti Chopra lead Saina is out!
Actor Parineeti Chopra's next film, a biopic on ace badminton player Saina Nehwal, is scheduled for a theatrical release on March 26, the makers announced Tuesday. Titled "Saina", the film has been directed by Amol Gupte, who has helmed acclaimed movies such as "Stanley Ka Dabba" and "Hawa Hawaai". T-Series, headed by Bhushan Kumar, has produced "Saina". "Presenting the inspiring story of one of India's greatest athletes, #Saina. In cinemas on 26th March," the tweet on T-Series official Twitter page read.
Indian men's singles players, too, have tasted success in this tournament with Sameer Verma, HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth emerging victorious in 2018, 2016 and 2015 respectively
From Akshay Kumar, Ekta Kapoor, Karan Johar, Ajay Devgn to Sachin Tendulkar, Saina Nehwal global personalities took to Twitter on Wednesday to urge people not to fall for false propaganda against India. But it was Akshay and Saina's posts that have created a buzz as these were word for word similar.
Saina, currently ranked 20th in the world, was knocked out of the first round of the ongoing second Thailand Open.
Nehwal lost 23-21, 14-21, 16-21 in a match that lasted for 68 minutes to bow out of the Super 1000 tournament.
Saina registered a 21-15, 21-15 win over Malaysia's Kisona Selvaduray.
Both the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and the Badminton Association of India (BAI) confirmed the development.
Top Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and H S Prannoy, who had recently recovered from COVID-19, have again tested positive for the dreaded disease here ahead of the Thailand Open.
While Olympic silver-medallist Sindhu has been training in London for the last two months and would be keen to quickly find her rhythm, Saina was down with COVID-19 and has recently recovered from the dreaded disease.
The Indian team, comprising Olympic hopefuls PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal and B Sai Praneeth, have been allotted training timings.
In a series of tweets, Olympic bronze-medallist Saina expressed her displeasure at the restrictions imposed by BWF as part of its COVID-19 protocols for the bio-security bubble.
Apart from Denmark Open, SaarLorLux Super 100 was the only other event to be held last year since the BWF was forced to suspend the calender after the completion of the All England Championships in March.
Sindhu and Saina didn't participate in Denmark Open Super 750 and SaarLorLux Super 100 -- the only two events which could be conducted since BWF was forced to suspend the calendar.
With Olympic qualifications in mind, the Badminton Association of India (BAI) on Monday announced a strong eight-member squad to participate in the three upcoming tournaments, scheduled in January.
The 2012 London Olympics bronze medallist, who has slipped to 22nd in Badminton World Federation's Tokyo Olympics qualification rankings, has recently struggled with niggles.
Parineeti Chopra has shared pictures from her workshops and preparations on social media earlier and they are proof that she is working very hard to get into the shoes of the badminton star Sania Nehwal for playing her in the biopic.
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