Saina Nehwal isn’t open to teaching in future, calling it the “hardest job”.© AFP
Olympic and World Championships medalist shuttler Saina Nehwal has stated that she is experiencing irritation in her knees, which has saved her out of the aggressive sport. “Three to 4 months in the past I used to be enjoying Singapore Open. My knees and cartilage began to harm. So, consulted a physician and my physio can also be engaged on it. My knees confirmed irritation. I don’t wish to play half-hearted,” stated Saina on the press convention in Gurugram at International Race 2023 on Wednesday.
She additionally stated that she isn’t open to teaching in future, calling it the “hardest job”.
“Not desirous about teaching. For me enjoying is simple and training is the hardest job,” she added.
Nehwal is lacking out on Asian Video games as a result of an harm.
Notably, Saina has not been in good kind in 2020s. Final yr, she performed 13 Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour tournaments and solely reached quarterfinals as soon as in Singapore Open. She bowed out of different tournaments principally in first spherical.
This yr as effectively, she has performed six BWF World Tour tournaments, getting three first-round exits and three second-round exits.
She is presently ranked at world quantity 55 in girls’s singles competitors.
Her final BWF World Tour title win was in January 2019, when she received the Indonesia Masters.
Indian badminton crew for Asian Video games 2023
Males’s singles: HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth (particular person/crew), Lakshya Sen and Mithun Manjunath (crew)
Males’s doubles: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty and Dhruv Kapila/MR Arjun (particular person/crew)
Ladies’s singles: PV Sindhu and Ashmita Chaliha (particular person/crew), Anupama Upadhyaya and Malvika Bansod (crew)
Ladies’s doubles: Gayatri Gopichand/Treesa Jolly and Ashwini Ponnappa/Tanisha Crasto (particular person/crew)
Blended doubles: Rohan Kapoor /N Sikki Reddy and Sai Pratheek Ok/Tanisha Crasto.
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