by Saran, Renu
“Saina’s victory is a milestone for Indian sports.”
– Dr. Manmohan Singh
The Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav is a huge fan of Saina Nehwal.
“Saina has done the country proud and I want her to prosper in life.”
– Mulayam Singh Yadav
Saina’s victory at the Indonesian Open Super Series was a grand vent. It was memorable for the entire country. The Bollywood was jubiliant and couldn’t resist congratulating her. The entire Bollywood brigade took to microblogging site Twitter to shower praise on the 20-year-old sports sensation. Bollywood stars tweeted praise as Saina Nehwal completed a stupendous hat-trick of badminton titles and made the world take notice of her.
The actor Anupam Kher loves sports and congratulated Saina:
“Saina is the most focused sportsperson in the country today. And it shows. Hope the advertising world doesn’t take over her life and game.”
– Anupam Kher
Saina’s third successive title after winning the Indian Open Grand Prix and Singapore Open made Sikander Kher (actor Anupam Kher’s son) emotional. He cheered Saina by writing: “GO SAINA!!!”
– Sikander Kher
Abhishek Bachchan likes Saina’s spirit and makes it a point to congratulate her by tweeting text messges:
“Saina congratulation!! Way to go girl!”
– Abhishek Bachchan
Riteish likes to watch Saina’s tournaments and championships. He makes it a point to catch up with her tournaments whenever he gets time.
“SAINA – truly a remarkable feat – congratulations!”
– Riteish Deshmukh
This talented actor Rahul Bose is also a former member of the Indian rugby team. He likes the way Saina plays. He feels that her amazing spirit to win and do her best in the court has always done the nation proud.
“Fantastic for Saina. If you read about her you get to know the massive hard work and sacrifice she and her family have put in.”
– Rahul Bose
The beautiful actress Shilpa Shetty is into sports with her tryst with IPL off late. She likes Saina and appreciates her dedication to Badminton. She feels that the young girl has made the nation proud.
“So happy to see Saina win the Indonesian Cup. Good to see girls from our country come up in the world of sports. Heart swells with pride. U (You) go girl!”
– Shilpa Shetty
The actor, director and producer Karan Johar had admitted his passiveness towards badminton. The filmmaker is a huge fan of Saina.
“Kudos to Saina Nehwal!! Not that I follow badminton, but just watching the pride on her parents’ face was beyond victory! You go girl!”
– Karan Johar
The Chinese female players have always been known for their fierce way of playing badminton and incredible strategies they apply to win over the best players across the globe. Li Yongbo, China’s head coach has seen Nehwal playing and could make out the fire within the girl.
“Nehwal posed a big challenge to Wang Xin and she is a strong player. She did a very good job. I agree that in the women’s singles more foreign players are doing better than before.”
– Li Yongbo - China’s head coach
