It looks like BAI is completely satisfied to place me out of CWG and Asiad: Saina Nehwal

Two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist Saina Nehwal on Thursday questioned the timing of choice trials and slammed the Badminton Association of India for “putting” her out the 2 mega sporting occasions later this yr.

The governing physique had referred to as for choice trials on April 2 to choose the Indian workforce for big-ticket occasions together with the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, the Asian Games in Hangzhou and Thomas Cup and Uber Cup in Bangkok from May 8 to fifteen.

Saina, a former world no 1, mentioned she had knowledgeable BAI about her resolution to skip the trials which begins on the IG stadium on Friday but it surely didn’t imply that she was not desirous to take part on the main occasions together with the Commonwealth Games and Asiad.

“Surprised to see all the articles stating that I don’t want to defend my CWG title and my Asiad medal. I’m just not participating in the trials because I just got back from 3 weeks of Europe events and according to the schedule there’s Asian Championships,” Saina tweeted.

“In 2 weeks time, as a senior player to participate in back to back events nonstop is impossible and it’s risking injuries, such short notice is not possible. I’ve conveyed this to BAI but there has been no response from them. It seems like they’re happy to put me out of CWG n Asiad.”

BAI has exempted gamers inside the highest 15 within the BWF rankings from the trials however mentioned shuttlers ranked between 16 to 50 within the newest world rankings, launched on March 29, should take part within the trials to be chosen for the workforce.

Saina, 32, nonetheless, questioned the logic of getting trials at this juncture. “I wish we had better understanding about how to manage a schedule and not announce events with 10 days notice. I’m world no.23 currently and I almost beat the world no.1 Akane in All England. One loss at India open and BAI tries to pull me down. Shocking.”

Saina, a London Olympics bronze medallist, had participated on the German Open (March 8-13), All England Championships (March 16-20) and Swiss Open (March 22-27) earlier than pulling out of the Korean Open (April 5-10). Saina has been battling accidents and poor kind for the previous couple of years, which noticed see her rating slip to twenty third however she did present indicators of returning to kind when she performed a three-game match in opposition to Akane Yamaguchi at this yr’s All England Championships.

Among the present crop of ladies’s singles gamers, Malvika Bansod, Aakarshi Kashyap, Ashmita Chaliha and Anupama Upadhyaya have been in good kind however none of them have crushed high worldwide stars on the planet stage. Saina had returned to the circuit after recovering from a groin and knee damage this yr however she didn’t have the specified outcomes as her India Open marketing campaign ended within the second spherical.

After a niche of few weeks, she performed three occasions final month — German Open, All England and Swiss Open — the place she didn’t cross the second spherical.