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 govt director at Posidex Technologies. “The two families knew each other but it was only a month ago that everything was finalised. This was the only possible window as her schedule will be hectic from January,” Sindhu’s father, PV Ramana, advised PTI.
“So that is the reason the two families decided to have the marriage ceremony on December 22. The reception will be held in Hyderabad on December 24. She will start her training soon after as the next season is going to be important.” The wedding-related occasions will start on December 20.
Sindhu is considered one among 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 match 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 ladies’s singles semi-finals of the BWF Super 300 match.
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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