Saina Nehwal meets cat named after her a decade ago in Zurich

Saina Nehwal. Pic/AFP

India badminton star Saina Nehwal was glad to meet the pet cat that was named after her when she won the Swiss Open in 2011. Nehwal beat Sung Ji-hyun of South Korea 21-13, 21-14 to win the title that year.

On Saturday, she Instagrammed this picture for her 1.5 million followers and captioned it: "Had a good training week at the Zurich yonex badminton hall...was so happy to meet this sweet cat and guess what even her name is saina...she was named after my win in Swiss open 2011..n here after 10 years I m meeting her..@yonex.switzerland."