In the opening clash of the tie between Spain and India, India's lead women's singles player at the Uber Cup, Saina Nehwal was forced to retire from her opening match against Clara Azurmendi when she felt a sudden pain in her groin here at the Ceres Arena in Aarhus on Sunday.

Uber Cup: Saina Nehwal retires with injury against Spain

Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap have urged badminton's governing body to reconsider its decision not to extend the qualification period for the Tokyo Games despite several events being cancelled or postponed due to the coronavirus.

Saina and Parupalli urge BWF to extend qualification period for Tokyo Games

India's Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth stormed into the semifinals of the Denmark Open with hard-fought victories over Nozomi Okuhara and Sameer Verma respectively.

Saina, Srikanth storm into semis of Denmark Open

India's star shuttler and former world number one Saina Nehwal is to marry fellow badminton player Parupalli Kashyap on December 16. Recently, she had confirmed the same to a leading newspaper, saying the time was right to exchange marriage vows.

Badminton star Saina Nehwal to marry fellow shuttler Parupalli Kashyap in December

The injury, according to her, happened during training before the Olympics and it got worse during the match

Rio Olympics 2016: India's Saina Nehwal blames knee injury for shocking loss

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Uber Cup: Saina Nehwal retires with injury against Spain

Saina and Parupalli urge BWF to extend qualification period for Tokyo Games

Saina, Srikanth storm into semis of Denmark Open

Badminton star Saina Nehwal to marry fellow shuttler Parupalli Kashyap in December

Rio Olympics 2016: India's Saina Nehwal blames knee injury for shocking loss