Hyderabad: Badminton stars Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap are planning to tie the nuptial knot December 16, according to reports.
The shuttlers are going to get married in a private ceremony which will be followed by a grand reception December 21, a source revealed.
“Both families had been planning the wedding for a while now. They have finalised the date. The arrangements are all for December 16,” the source informed.
The source further claimed that Saina and Kashyap had been in a relationship for the past decade now but have successfully managed to keep it under wraps until now. They have been dropping hints of their relationship on social media all this while but never claimed to have been dating.
Saina and Kashyap, the 2014 CWG gold medallist, first met at the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy where they have been training since 2005.
Last year, Saina was seen partying with Kashyap along with other teammates ahead of the third season of Premier Badminton League (PBL). The duo is teammates at Awadhe Warriors.
Saina has shown good form this season after battling a knee injury which has been troubling her for the past couple of years. Getting married to Kashyap would indeed be an icing on the cake for her after a stellar season
The Hyderabad athlete reached the finals of Indonesia Masters at the start of the year and then followed it up with a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast after beating compatriot PV Sindhu in the final.
Last month, Saina settled for the bronze medal in the Asian Games in the women’s singles after losing to World No.1 Tai Tzu Ying of Taiwan. It was her first medal at the Asiad and the first singles medals at the Games for India in 36 years before PV Sindhu bagged a silver.
After clinching the bronze medal, Saina had included Kashyap’s name in her thank you note on twitter along with coach Gopichand and her physios.
“I would like to thank Gopi Sir for all the hardwork and support … also @parupallik for giving me great match inputs and for helping me in sessions before the #AsianGame2018 … lot of efforts of Physios would like to thank @ArvindDNigam4 and Kiran challagundla sir,” Saina wrote on Twitter.