| Saina Nehwal, originally from Haryana, moved to Hyderabad at the age of 5. |
| Her grandmother expressed disappointment at her birth for not being a boy. |
| Both her parents have been state-level badminton champions in Haryana. |
| At the age of 8, she began playing badminton on the advice of coach Nani Prasad Rao. |
| Saina trained at the Gopichand Badminton Academy and traveled 50 km daily with her father for practice. |
| She represented the under-19 national badminton team in 2005 and won the U-19 national championship in 2006 after securing victory in the Asian Satellite Badminton tournament twice. |
| Her mother affectionately refers to her as 'Steffi Saina' due to her admiration for tennis legend Steffi Graf. |
| Saina holds a brown belt in Karate. |
| In 2012, she received a BMW gift from Sachin Tendulkar after winning an Olympic gold medal. |
| That same year, Saina published her autobiography titled 'Playing to Win: My Life On and Off Court.' |
| As of October 2016, she serves as a member of the International Olympic Committee’s Athletes’ Commission. |
| Saina faced setbacks in 2016 and 2017 due to injuries, affecting her participation in various competitions. |
| She has been featured on the covers of magazines such as 'Women’s Health' and 'Femina.' |
| Saina has made guest appearances on television programs including 'Satyamev Jayate' and 'The Kapil Sharma Show.' |
| The 'Saina Nehwal Institute of Agricultural Technology, Training & Education' in Hisar is named after her. |
| She has endorsed popular brands like Vaseline, Fortune Cooking Oil, and Yonex. |
| Saina Nehwal has a profound love for dogs. |
| On January 29, 2020, she joined the Bharatiya Janata Party before the Delhi Assembly elections, citing inspiration from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. |
