"I want to be the best, it's not about the ranking, it's about being consistent"

Nehwal was born in Hisar, Haryana to the couple Harvir Singh and Usha Rani. For most of her life, she grew up there completing her schooling in the campus school of CCS HAU. It was only later that she shifted to Hyderabad along with her family. While she was still young, Saina Nehwal aced another sport apart from badminton and that was Karate.  Not many might know that she is a brown belt champion in Karate.
                                                          After moving to Hyderabad, Saina trained in the Pullela Gopichand badminton academy, a training academy that helped a great deal in polishing her skills and making her a better player than she already was.  She began winning tournaments right from the year 2004. She won the junior badminton championship in 2004 and later again in 2005. In 2009, she won her first super series title.
From 2010 to 2011, Saina won many other super series, such as the Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia open series and the Swiss open as well. 2012, however will be the most memorable year for India as well as Saina when she became the first Indian woman to win a medal for badminton at the London Olympics. And after that, she’s only been winning more super series, among which the Denmark, Australia and the Indian grand prix are a few. As of now, Saina ranks number 1 in the world badminton championship, and that’s a first as well - she’s the first Indian woman badminton player to be ranked first.