Taapsee Pannu is all praise for fighter Saina Nehwal

Taapsee Pannu and Saina Nehwal

Bollywood actor Taapsee Pannu, 30, yesterday heaped praise on Indian badminton ace Saina Nehwal who won silver at the Indonesia Masters recently.

Saina, 27, lost to World No.1 Tai Tzu Ying of Taiwan 9- 21, 13-21. However, the Indian shuttler has only recently recovered from an ankle injury, and Pannu (left) sent out an encouraging message via social media to spur her on to bigger achievements.

"You fighter, proud of u! No stopping from here. Only higher. You can't stop until you write the climax of your story," Pannu, who has acted in the hit films like Pink and Naam Shabana, wrote on Twitter. Saina promptly thanked the actor via the same platform.

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