Badminton beauty Jwala divorces hubby

Ace badminton star from Hyderabad Jwala Gutta, who shot into headlines last year for his alleged affair with former Indian cricket captain and Congress MP Mohammad Azharuddin, got separated from her husband Chetan Anand, another top seed badminton player.

The family court in Hyderabad on Wednesday granted divorce to Jwala and Chetan, after making all attempts to counsel them and keep them together.

The couple applied for divorce in August 2010 and both of them have since been living separately.

The 27-year-old Jwala, a top-seeded mixed doubles player ranking 10 in the world badminton rankings, had a love marriage with Chetan Anand on July 17, 2005. All was well with them till early 2010 when differences surfaced between the two, following the reports about Jwala’s alleged link-up with Azharuddin.
Though Jwala denied the reports of her affair with Azhar, it was an open secret in the badminton circles that both of them were moving closely together. Both of them were spotted together at the badminton academy in Hyderabad, where Azhar used to drop her and pick her up after practice sessions. That naturally anguished Chetan, who remained separately from Jwala since then.