 "Badminton stars Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap had tied the knot on 14 December 2018. Image credit: Instagram/nehwalsaina")
Less than three weeks after their marriage of nearly seven years ended in divorce , shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap announced that they were “trying again”. Nehwal shared the happy news with a picture of hers along with Kashyap at a scenic location on social networking platform Instagram.
Indian badminton’s power couple hints at reunion
“Sometimes distance teaches you the value of presence. Here we are—trying again,” read the caption of Nehwal’s post on Instagram on Saturday, hinting at Indian badminton’s power couple getting back together after their split.
Nehwal and Kashyap had tied the knot on 14 December 2018, and had taken the Indian sports community by surprise by announcing their separation last month, more than six years after their marriage.
“Life takes us in different directions sometimes," Nehwal had written on Instagram on 14 July.
“After much thought and consideration, Kashyap Parupalli and I have decided to part ways. We’re choosing peace, growth, and healing for ourselves and each other. I am grateful for the memories and wish nothing but the best moving forward. Thank you for understanding and respecting our privacy during this time," she had added.
Nehwal and Kashyap had trained together at the Pullela Gopichand Academy in Hyderabad from their early days in the sport.
Nehwal would go on to cement as one of India’s greatest shuttlers with her rise to the top of the world rankings as well as with her bronze at the 2012 London Olympics – India’s first Olympic medal in badminton. Before that, she had won the Arjuna Award in 2009 and the Khel Ratna Award in 2010.
Kashyap, on the other hand, had won gold at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games after collecting bronze at the same event four years earlier in New Delhi. He had also become the first Indian male shuttler to reach the Olympic quarter-finals at the London 2012 Games.