Indian shuttler PV Sindhu to marry Hyderabad-based tech executive on 22 December

PV Sindhu, one of India’s top shuttlers, is set to get married to Venkata Datta Sai, a tech executive based in Hyderabad, on 22 December in Udaipur. Sindhu recently won the Syed Modi International tournament.

PV Sindhu is set to marry a Hyderabad-based tech executive on 22 December. Reuters

Star Indian shuttler PV Sindhu is set to get married to Venkata Datta Sai, a Hyderabad-based tech executive, in Udaipur on 22 December. Venkata is an executive director at Posidex Technologies in Hyderabad. PV Ramana, Sindhu’s father, said that while the families knew each other before, it was only a month back that everything was finalised.

“The two families knew each other but it was only a month ago that everything was finalised. This was the only possible window as her schedule will be hectic from January,” Ramana told news agency PTI.

The pre-wedding festivities are scheduled to begin on 20 December and after the wedding function in Udaipur on 22 December, there will also be a wedding reception in Hyderabad on 24 December.

“So that is the reason the two families decided to have the marriage ceremony on December 22. The reception will be held in Hyderabad on December 24. She will start her training soon after, as the next season is going to be important,” added the two-time Olympic medallist’s father.

Sindhu recently ended her long wait for a title after she won the Syed Modi International 2024 tournament in Lucknow. She defeated Wu Luo Yu of China n the final to clinch her first BWF Tour title since July 2022

Sindhu is also a winner of five BWF World Championship medals, which includes a gold medal she won in 2019. She won silver at the Rio Olympics in 2016 and a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

Sindhu has also won five medals at the Commonwealth Games, including gold in 2018 (Mixed team category) and 2022 (Women’s singles) in Australia’s Gold Coast and England’s Birmingham respectively. She achieved a best ranking of World No. 2 in 2017. At the Paris Olympics this year, Sindhu went down to China’s He Bing Jiao in the pre-quarterfinals.