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Saina to be felicitated

MUMBAI: Badminton 45, an organisation devoted to taking badminton to the people, will present Saina Nehwal a cheque of Rs 2.5 lakh as part of a felicitation function for the Indian badminton star on Saturday. The honour is in recognition of her outstanding show at the Indonesian Open Super Series and subsequent rise to No.6 in the world women’s rankings.

Ms. Rajashree Birla will hand over the cheque at the Bombay Gymkhana.

Saina joins a galaxy of badminton achievers honoured by Badminton 45 in the past, among whom are Nandu Natekar, Prakash Padukone, P. Gopi Chand, Devinder Mohan, Prakash Nath, Dinesh Khanna, Meena Shah, Ami Shah and Rajeev Bagga.

The organisation supports junior talent by helping them get international exposure, apart from holding veterans events like the G.D. Birla Memorial veterans tournament since 1992 and National veterans tournament in association with Bombay Gymkhana.

Other players who have been honoured as promising juniors in the past by the organisation include Anand Pawar, Arup Vaidya, Divya Ramesh, Chetan Anand, Aparna Popat, Nikhil Kanetkar, Jwala Gutta, Amar Mohite, Ajit Pathak, Trupti Murgunde, Ajay Jayaram, Aditi Mutatkar, and Sachin Ratti.

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