Two-time Olympic medallist shuttler PV Sindhu will tie the knot on December 22 in Udaipur. The former world champion, who ended a protracted title drought with victory on the Syed Modi International in Lucknow on Sunday, will marry Hyderabad-based Venkata Datta Sai, who’s an government director at Posidex Technologies. “The two households knew one another however it was solely a month in the past that every thing was finalised. This was the one doable window as her schedule might be hectic from January,” Sindhu’s father, PV Ramana, advised PTI.
“So that’s the reason the 2 households determined to have the wedding ceremony on December 22. The reception might be held in Hyderabad on December 24. She will begin her coaching quickly after as the subsequent season goes to be essential.” The wedding-related occasions will start on December 20.
Sindhu is thought to be considered one of India’s best athletes with 5 world championship medals, together with a gold in 2019, moreover her silver and bronze on the Olympic Games.
The champion badminton participant received back-to-back Olympic medals at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, and achieved a career-high world rating of No. 2 in 2017.
Earlier, PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen superior into the finals of the Syed Modi International 2024 badminton event in Lucknow on Saturday.
Sindhu set herself up with the chance to finish a two-year-long title drought on the BWF World Tour.
PV Sindhu, 18th within the badminton rankings, comprehensively beat 17-year-old compatriot Unnati Hooda 21-12, 21-9 within the girls’s singles semi-finals of the BWF Super 300 event.
A two-time Olympic medallist, PV Sindhu will face the People’s Republic of China’s Wu Luo Yu, ranked 119th, within the remaining on Sunday.
The Indian badminton participant’s final title on the BWF World Tour was on the Singapore Open in July 2022.
(With PTI inputs)
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