PV Sindhu to get married on December 22 – everything you need to know

Two-time Olympic medalist shuttler PV Sindhu will tie the knot on December 22 in Udaipur. The former world champion, who ended her long title drought with a win at the Syed Modi International in Lucknow on Sunday, will marry Hyderabad-based Venkat Dutt Sai, who is executive director at Posidex Technologies. Sindhu's father PV Ramana told PTI, “Both the families knew each other but everything was decided a month ago. This was the only possible window as their schedules would be busy from January onwards.”

“So both the families decided to hold the wedding ceremony on December 22. The reception will be held on December 24 in Hyderabad. She will start her training soon after as the next season is going to be important.” Wedding related programs will start from 20th December.

Sindhu is considered one of India's greatest athletes with five World Championship medals, including a gold in 2019, besides a silver and bronze at the Olympic Games.

The champion badminton player won consecutive Olympic medals at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 and achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 2 in 2017.

Earlier, PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen reached the finals of the Syed Modi International 2024 badminton tournament in Lucknow on Saturday.

Sindhu grabbed the opportunity to end her two-year long title drought on the BWF World Tour.

PV Sindhu, ranked 18th in badminton, defeated 17-year-old compatriot Unnati Hooda 21-12, 21-9 in the women's singles semi-finals of the BWF Super 300 tournament.

Two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu will face 119th-ranked Wu Luo Yu of the People's Republic of China in the final on Sunday.

The Indian badminton player's last title on the BWF World Tour was at the Singapore Open in July 2022.

(With PTI inputs)