Saina Nehwal
India's Saina Nehwal returns to China's Wang Shixian during their All England Open Badminton Championships women's singles quarter-final match in Birmingham, central England, on March 8, 2013.
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It (withdrawal) was a difficult decision. I wanted to play but since the injury is yet to be healed, my team advised against playing
Added to that is the emergence of players like Saina Nehwal, P.V. Sindhu and P. Kashyap who are all doing well internationally.
The popularity of badminton is surging and it's important for any sport to attract the youth and massesMore quotes »
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India's campaign over in Sudirman Cup
Group A tie against Indonesia to keep their chances alive. However, all hopes were dashed as playing without their star player Saina Nehwal and doubles specialists Jwala Gutta and Valiyaveetil Diju, the Indians looked completely lost and made an unceremonious 5/20/13 from Times of India Read more »
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Saina Nehwal has to balance training, competition and rest: Prakash Padukone
The main challenge for ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal currently is to strike a perfect balance among training, competing and in taking time off to rest and recover, feels badminton great Prakash Padukone. "One of the key challenges for anyone in any sport from Times of India Read more »
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Sans Saina, India face uphill task in Sudirman Cup
teams such as China and Indonesia, India would find the going tough, especially in the absence of Olympic bronze-medallist Saina Nehwal, at the Sudirman Cup Mixed team Championship starting on Sunday. The Indian team suffered a major blow as far as the women's from Times of India Read more »
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In Saina`s absence, Sindhu to spearhead Indian challenge in KL
Delhi: With Olympic bronze medallist shuttler Saina Nehwal having pulled out of the Sudirman Cup Mixed team championship, P V Sindhu will spearhead the Indian challenge in the women`s singles event. Saina opted out of the event, to be held in Kuala Lumpur from Zee News Read more »
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Hairline fracture forces Saina Nehwal out of Sudirman Cup
An accidental hit against the door is apparently costing Saina Nehwal dear. What initially appeared to be a minor bruise to her little toe turned out to be a hairline fracture and it has now forced the ace shuttler out of the Sudirman Cup to be held in Kuala from Times of India Read more »
