Saina Nehwal reaches out to External Affairs Ministry for visa help

New Delhi: Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal on Monday made an `urgent request` to the Ministry of External Affairs to help her participate in the upcoming Denmark tour by sorting out her visa issue.

Nehwal took to Twitter and wrote: "I have an urgent request regarding visa for me and my trainer to Denmark. I have a tournament next week in Odense and we don`t have our visas processed yet. Our matches are starting on Tuesday next week. @DrSJaishankar @MEAQuery @DenmarkinIndia #danisadenmarkopen2019."

I have an urgent request regarding visa for me and my trainer to Denmark. I have a tournament next week in Odense and we don’t have our visas processed yet . Our matches are starting on Tuesday next week . @DrSJaishankar @MEAQuery @DenmarkinIndia #danisadenmarkopen2019

— Saina Nehwal (@NSaina) October 7, 2019

The Denmark Open is scheduled to commence on October 15 and will conclude on October 20.In her opening match in the tournament, Nehwal will compete against Sayaka Takahashi.