<p>Saina Nehwal, who underwent a knee surgery at a Mumbai hospital, is likely to be out of action for four months in a big setback for the badminton star, her father Harvir Singh said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>He said doctors who performed the procedure, have advised her rest for three to four months.<br /><br />"We have requested them (the doctors of Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital) to allow us to go to Hyderabad (her hometown) so that we can do it (medical follow-up) there. Otherwise she cannot move for four months at all", Singh told PTI.<br /><br />Asked specifically if it meant that Saina would be out of competitive action for four months and return to courts only in January, he said: "Yes. It's really a big setback (for her). It depends on how fast she recovers".<br /><br />Singh said the surgery was performed yesterday and since they were in ther hospital they were busy throughout with her doctor, they could not watch P V Sindhu's Olympic final on television.<br /><br />"We could not see it. Through newspapers, we came to know she (Sindhu) played well. Really very excellent that from Hyderabad, one (Saina in London Olympics) is a bronze medallist and another (Sindhu) is a silver medallist.<br /><br />"It's really a wonderful thing that two girls from the same city and from the same academy (Gopichand) have come out as medal winners in Olympics," he said.<br /><br />Saina, the former world number one, had made an early exit from the Rio Olympics. She had lost in the group stage after suffering a straight game defeat against Ukraine's Marija Ulitina in the second match. She later revealed that she had a inflammation on her right knee.<br /><br />Singh said: "It (inflammation on her right knee) was (there) earlier. It got aggravated in Rio".</p>
<p>Saina Nehwal, who underwent a knee surgery at a Mumbai hospital, is likely to be out of action for four months in a big setback for the badminton star, her father Harvir Singh said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>He said doctors who performed the procedure, have advised her rest for three to four months.<br /><br />"We have requested them (the doctors of Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital) to allow us to go to Hyderabad (her hometown) so that we can do it (medical follow-up) there. Otherwise she cannot move for four months at all", Singh told PTI.<br /><br />Asked specifically if it meant that Saina would be out of competitive action for four months and return to courts only in January, he said: "Yes. It's really a big setback (for her). It depends on how fast she recovers".<br /><br />Singh said the surgery was performed yesterday and since they were in ther hospital they were busy throughout with her doctor, they could not watch P V Sindhu's Olympic final on television.<br /><br />"We could not see it. Through newspapers, we came to know she (Sindhu) played well. Really very excellent that from Hyderabad, one (Saina in London Olympics) is a bronze medallist and another (Sindhu) is a silver medallist.<br /><br />"It's really a wonderful thing that two girls from the same city and from the same academy (Gopichand) have come out as medal winners in Olympics," he said.<br /><br />Saina, the former world number one, had made an early exit from the Rio Olympics. She had lost in the group stage after suffering a straight game defeat against Ukraine's Marija Ulitina in the second match. She later revealed that she had a inflammation on her right knee.<br /><br />Singh said: "It (inflammation on her right knee) was (there) earlier. It got aggravated in Rio".</p>