Saina Nehwal has mentioned that she was fortunate to bag the title at the Indonesia Masters which concluded last week after Carolina Marin had to retire after an injury. The Indian shuttler also added that injuries are a part of a sportsperson’s life and one has to be patient and go with the flow. 

Former National Badminton coach Vimal Kumar has stated that Saina Nehwal is mentally the toughest badminton player and added that he would put her even ahead of many of her male counterparts. Saina recently won the Indonesia Masters after an injured Carolina Marin withdrew from the final.

PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth have managed to continue their strong show in the ongoing Indonesia Masters 2019 and have progressed to the quarterfinals of the tournament. Saina Nehwal also managed to progress to the next round of the event defeating home favorite Fitriani Fitriani.

India’s singles shuttlers PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth have won their respective first round matches at the ongoing Indonesia Masters to qualify for Round 2. In the doubles category, the pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy also made it to the second round of the competition.