Saina Nehwal’s probabilities of defending her title on the Commonwealth Games seems to be bleak as she has determined to skip the choice trials for the upcoming multi-sport occasions.
The big-ticket occasions embrace the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and the Hangzhou Asian Games.
The choice trials are scheduled right here from April 15 to twenty.
The 32-year-old Hisar-born shuttler, a two-time CWG gold medalist and 2012 London Olympics bronze medalist, has knowledgeable the Badminton Association of India (BAI) about her choice to skip the trials.
“Saina has written to BAI, informing her decision to not play in the trials which will be the only tournament to pick players for CWG, Asiad and Thomas and Uber Cup,” a BAI supply informed PTI.
The CWG squad will include 10 members with equal variety of women and men, whereas the Asian Games and Thomas & Uber Cup contingents could have 20 members every, together with 10 males and 10 ladies.
The BAI has made it clear that gamers inside the highest 15 within the BWF rankings might be picked immediately, whereas the remainder might be chosen from the trials which is able to see participation of shuttlers ranked between 16 to 50 within the newest world rankings, launched on March 29.
The nationwide governing physique can even be “finalising probables for the senior core group for the 2024 Olympic Games” in the course of the trials.
Injuries and up to date type
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A former world primary, Saina has been battling a sequence of accidents and poor type for the previous couple of years, which noticed her rating slip to twenty third.
Saina, who had gained gold medals on the 2010 and 2018 CWG, had suffered a career-threatening knee harm forward of the Rio Olympics.
She had damage her groin in the course of the Thomas & Uber Cup Final in Aarhus, Denmark in October final yr, and he or she was additionally compelled to withdraw halfway within the first spherical match on the French Open attributable to a knee harm.
Her return to the circuit on the India Open ended within the second spherical when she misplaced to the fast-rising Malvika Bansod. After a niche of few weeks, she performed three occasions final month — German Open, All England and Swiss Open — however didn’t cross the second spherical.
A semifinal end at 2021 Orleans Masters Super 100 and quarterfinals at Barcelona Spain Masters Super 300 and Malaysia Masters in 2020 have been Saina’s highlights lately.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
