The common thread that binds the two Hyderabadi super stars, PV Sindhu and Nikhat Zareen, is that they both trained at Suchitra Academy before becoming world champions. They trained here during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown period. The academy turned out to be savior at a time when most training centres were shut across the city.

For Sindhu, it was not about badminton practice sessions at the academy, but more about her rigorous work out with strength and conditioning trainer Srikanth Varma that helped her stay fit for the Worlds and thereafter the Tokyo Olympics. Although Zareen trained with experienced coach Emani Chiranjeevi in the city, her strength and conditioning trainers Kiran and Shiva helped her stay in the right frame of mind throughout the COVID-19 phase across 2020 and 2021. Zareen also utilised the practice facilities at the badminton courts.