There was a time in badminton player Ashwini Ponnappa’s life last year when she had doubts about how her career was progressing. She had mutually ended her five-year partnership with Sikki Reddy and there were enough reasons for the short break that Ashwini took.
One, she wasn’t getting any younger after what she had achieved in a career spanning 13 years. A bronze in the World Championships, a gold and silver in the Commonwealth Games, an Asian championship bronze, and quite a few BWF tour titles that not many can emulate.
