PV Sindhu will tie the knot with Hyderabad-based Venkata Datta Sai this month in Udaipur. The wedding will be held at the end of December before the ace shuttler turns her focus back to the game in January.

Reports quoting family members indicate that the ceremony will take place on December 22 in Udaipur. Pre-wedding festivities will begin two days earlier — with a reception slated to take place on December 24 in Hyderabad. The dates have been scheduled to make sure that the badminton star can return to the international circuit in January.

Her fiancé is an executive director at Posidex Technologies. A quick perusal of LinkedIn also suggests that he is also affiliated with Sour Apple Asset Management as a co-owner and managing director.

“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. She will start her training soon after (the reception) as the next season is going to be important,” her father PV Ramana told PTI.