Saina Nehwal the Australian Open Super Series event in Sydney. (Source: Express photo)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated ace shuttler Saina Nehwal for winning the Australian Open Super Series event in Sydney.
“Congratulations @NSaina for the stupendous victory. The entire nation is very proud of your sporting accomplishments,” Prime Minister Modi took to twitter to congratulate India’s No.1 badminton star.
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The 26-year-old from Hyderabad eked out a 11-21 21-14 21-19 over the World No. 12 Sun Yu in a fighting summit clash that lasted an hour and 11 minutes in Sydney.