Badminton legend and ace shuttler PV Sindhu’s mentor, Prakash Padukone believes that India have a robust probability of bagging three medals in badminton within the Paris Olympics together with a hat-trick of medals for Sindhu. India has despatched a seven-member badminton squad together with the high-flying males’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and double Olympic medallist Sindhu. Padukone mentioned Sindhu is faring effectively for her historic third consecutive Olympic medal in Paris.
“That is what we are attempting and hoping for. She has labored extremely arduous for that. Nevertheless, at this stage, one can’t commit for certain. Her preparations have gone effectively, and he or she is taking part in effectively in apply classes. So, when it comes to preparations, the whole lot has been excellent,” he advised JioCinema.
The veteran shuttler, a former All-England champion and World’s high participant in his heydays elaborated that he’s specializing in enhancing Sindhu’s ways and technique on the court docket and he or she has additionally improved loads beneath his steering.
“I’m specializing in ways and technique on the court docket, on what strokes to make use of when, and a little bit to do with the thoughts. About 9 months in the past, she was a little bit low on confidence attributable to frequent teaching adjustments and never having the ability to establish what was going improper.
“We have labored on her psychological power and technique, guaranteeing she makes higher use of the proper strokes. We have tried to chop down on errors and taking part in share badminton — figuring out when to assault, defend, and play secure. So it’s lastly all coming via, however it’s but to be came upon whether or not she will be able to reproduce that type throughout the Olympics,” mentioned Padukone, who runs the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy in Bengaluru.
Regardless of Sindhu failing to win any title to date this yr, Padukone feels that her potential to shine in crunch conditions will assist India’s most profitable girl sportspersons on the Olympics carry one of the best out of her. Sindhu is the one Indian girl sportsperson to win two Olympic medals, a silver at Rio in 2016 and a bronze in Tokyo.
“Undoubtedly, she has not been at her finest not too long ago, this would possibly scale back the strain on her. Expectations are decrease, and even reaching the quarterfinals might be seen positively. However I’m wanting past that. If she is ready to reproduce the shape, like what she’s doing in apply, I feel she’ll do higher than in previous tournaments.
“The distinction between gamers on the high is so little and it is usually about dealing with strain within the Olympics, and Sindhu has a bonus as she has received two Olympic medals. We maintain reminding her to concentrate on her recreation, and the consequence might be good,” he mentioned.
In the long run, Padukone picked Rankireddy and Shetty within the males’s doubles, Sindhu in ladies’s singles and Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy in males’s singles as potential medal contenders.
“Now we have an opportunity in all three occasions: males’s singles, ladies’s singles and males’s doubles. The boys’s doubles pair, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have been very constant and have crushed high gamers. Additionally they have a reasonably good draw.
“Lakshya Sen has a troublesome group, however he has beforehand crushed his group opponents Jonatan Christie, Kevin Cordon and Julien Carraggi so it depends upon his present type. It is his first Olympics, however he should not be worrying about that and think about this as some other event. HS Prannoy has not been in one of the best type, however generally it may very well be a blessing in disguise as there may be little weight of expectations and also you would possibly attain the height now, it may go each methods.
“We’re undoubtedly contenders in these three occasions. Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto in ladies’s doubles have a difficult draw, but when they’ll qualify additional, that might be icing on the cake,” he concluded.
Badminton matches on the Paris Olympics will start on Saturday (July 27).
(This story has not been edited by NDTV workers and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
Subjects talked about on this article
