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Indian badminton star Saina Nehwal on Saturday stated she’s positively within the race for the Tokyo Olympics however earlier than that she has to get again to her rhythm and win tournaments. The 2012 London Olympics bronze medallist, who has slipped to 22nd in Badminton World Federation’s Tokyo Olympics qualification rankings, has just lately struggled with niggles and is prone to return to motion in subsequent yr’s Asian Tour. “I know Olympics is in everyone’s head. It’s something very big but before that you have to think about so many tournaments. I’ve to get back to my rhythm and win against the players who are in top-20,” Nehwal stated in a digital interactive session hosted by the Indian Chamber of Commerce.
“There’s some two-three months’ of training before that. You have to be perfectly fine and play seven-eight tournaments, after that only I will think about the Olympics. But yes, I’m definitely in the race. I want to do well and I’m working hard for that.”
An enormous fan of tennis famous person Roger Federer, the 30-year-old Saina stated if the Swiss ace together with the likes of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams can go robust at not so a younger age, she can also.
“I can see great examples in Djokovic, Federer, Nadal, Serena doing so well. Why not you have to see how it goes? I’m a fighter and I will get back. When he can do it, why can’t I?” she stated.
“Yes, there were times when I felt I have to ‘stop playing’ and ‘I can’t win anymore’. But then I thought I could push it.
“I like to battle. What will I do sitting at dwelling. This is my life, that is my job,” she added.
The former world number one, who recently pulled out of the Denmark Open that restarted the international calendar post COVID-19 pandemic halt, further said she can become the best in the world again.
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“I’m doing properly. Injuries play a giant function and that occurred to me. As of now, I really feel good. I can do it, I will be one of the best on the planet. It’s at all times been there in my head. I’ve to right my niggles. Improvement is unquestionably occurring.
“Let’s how I play. I don’t want to take that action suddenly. I want to see how badly I lose, if I’m not capable of playing anymore,” she signed off.
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