Saina Nehwal scripted history by becoming the first Indian to win a Super Series tournament. after clinching the Indonesia Open with a stunning victory over higher-ranked Chinese Lin Wang in Jakarta.

She is first Indian woman to win the Indonesian Open Super Series.
Previously coached by S. M. Arif, a Dronacharya Award winner, Saina is the reigning Indian national junior champion and is currently coached by Indonesian badminton legend Atik Jauhari since August 2008.

Saina was born in Hisar, Haryana,India and spent her whole life in city of Hyderabad. Her incursion into the world of badminton was influenced by her father Dr. Harvir Singh, a scientist at the Directorate of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad and her mother Usha Nehwal, both of whom were former badminton champions in Haryana.