Saina undergoes knee surgery, likely to

She is likely to remain off the badminton courts for at least four months.

“Otherwise she can not move for four months at all”, Singh told PTI. “It depends on how fast she recovers”.

“Meanwhile, Anshul was quick to realise that his words were in poor taste and apologised to Saina about it. “@NSaina guys.i apologise 4 what i said.it was in a poor taste.i take my words back.i hav always been a saina fan & will always b”, he said.

“We could not see it”. Sindhu is doing really well.

“It’s really a wonderful thing that two girls from the same city and from the same academy (Gopichand) have come out as medal winners in Olympics”, he said. The world no 5 lost her second group league encountered 18-21, 19-21 to World No 61 Ulitina to crash out of the competition.

Saina, the former world number one, had made an early exit from the Rio Olympics. As per Saina’s medical report, which she uploaded on Twitter on Friday, she has had knee pain since August 1 and it worsened after training on August 8.

Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala, Head of centre for sports medicine & Director, arthroscopy & shoulder service, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital said: “Saina had sustained an intra-articular injury (inside the joint) to her right knee. It got aggravated in Rio”.