On Monday, India shuttler Saina Nehwal announced that she will return to train at Gopichand academy in Hyderabad. Nehwal, who was working under the tutelage of Vimal Kumar for the past three years in Bangalore, will reunite with former coach Pullela Gopichand.
Nehwal recently bagged bronze at the World Badminton Championship held in Glasgow. Nehwal performed brilliantly under Gopichand previously as she became the first Indian shuttler to win a medal at the Olympics and won many International titles. Nehwal bagged the bronze medal during the 2012 London Olympics. Under Vimal Kumar, Nehwal moved to world No. 1 in the rankings and won a silver at the World Championships in 2015.
Here’s Nehwal’s official annoucement:
For a while I've been thinking about moving my training base back to the Gopichand academy and I had a discussion about this with Gopi sir
— Saina Nehwal (@NSaina) September 4, 2017
and I am really thankful to him for agreeing to help me again . At this stage in my career I think he can help me achieve my goals .
— Saina Nehwal (@NSaina) September 4, 2017
I'm also very thankful to Vimal sir for helping me for the last three years. He helped reach world no.1 in the rankings ..
— Saina Nehwal (@NSaina) September 4, 2017
And also helped me win two world championships medal silver in 2015 and bronze in 2017 along with many super series titles ..
— Saina Nehwal (@NSaina) September 4, 2017
I m very happy to b back home and train in Hyderabad 👍👍keep supporting friends 🙏🙏
— Saina Nehwal (@NSaina) September 4, 2017
