Saina Nehwal hospitalized after Rio 2016 injury

India ace Saina Nehwal was admitted to a hospital in Hyderabad to undergo treatment for her knee injury, which affected her progress at Rio

Bangalore: India ace Saina Nehwal was admitted to a hospital in Hyderabad to undergo treatment for her knee injury, which affected her progress at Rio. The 26-year-old had lost her second group match against Ukraine's Maria Ulitina to crash out of the Rio Olympics.

Saina Nehwal

"Saina has been hospitalised for the last two days and is undergoing treatment for her injury, which got worse during her match against Maria at Rio Olympics," Saina's father Harvir Singh said.

"The doctors have not revealed the contents of the MRI scan."

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