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IT’S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE BELIEF IN YOURSELF: P.V. SINDHU

Star India shuttler P.V. Sindhu registered a stunning comeback win against Thailand’s Phittayaporn Chaiwan to reach the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open tournament on Thursday. In an exclusive conversation with The Daily Guardian she gave insights about her game and credits to her parents. Excerpts Q: Your biggest opponents are also your good friends. You […]

Star India shuttler P.V. Sindhu registered a stunning comeback win against Thailand’s Phittayaporn Chaiwan to reach the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open tournament on Thursday. In an exclusive conversation with The Daily Guardian she gave insights about her game and credits to her parents. Excerpts Q: Your biggest opponents are also your good friends. You have great friendship on tour. Your take? A: Yeah, definitely it is very important to have friendship off court because on courts you always have a rivalry against each other. But off court you ought to have good relations with different players of different countries. It is always nice to have that good friendship and good relationship otherwise amongst the players. Q: You are training with Coach Park Tae-Sang since late, what is the difference between the coaching styles of foreign coaches and Indian coaches? A: I think nothing much difference, what I would say that each player and each coach has different style of play, has a different mindset. So, you need to understand the player accordingly and make sure you give them what is required, you make them do if they are lacking in skill, lacking in endurance or actually coach should understand the player what is he doing, what mistakes is he committing and what is she or he is lacking in and that is how accordingly you will train the players. As I mentioned earlier that every coach has different skill, unique techniques. Q: What would you be if not a badminton player? A: When I was really young I thought of becoming a doctor, but now as I grew up I feel that I am better as a badminton player. Q. How do you relax on your off days? A. Generally, we always keep travelling for our tournaments, but on Sundays when I am at home and when its my off I just go relax, go for a massage, spend time with my nephew or play with my dog. That’s my off days and way of relaxing. Q. How do you motivate yourself in between the game? A. Motivate I would say, when you are in between of the match and you are fighting you always have to think this way that it’s still not over until it’s over because you know you have worked so hard for it, you have come so far and when you are playing a match you have to be focused. It’s very important to have believe in yourself. That is what I do and it keeps me going. Q. What is Sindhu according to Sindhu and what lessons would Sindhu like to give to Jr. Sindhus? A. Well, I know that who I am and where I am, it’s really not so easy to reach here, I have worked so hard and come so far. So, to my junior Sindhu I would say that you need to be more patient and you need to be more consistent. I have learnt a lot of lessons in my career so far, I just need to believe in myself and the same I will teach the junior Sindhu. Q. Apart from physical strength you are known to be mentally strong. A. Well, it is very important to be both physically and mentally strong because that’s what keeps you going. If you are physically strong and not mentally strong I think it does not work and vice versa, so you have to make sure that both are equally important. Definitely, I would say they are my best friends, my physical and mental strength. Q. Role of parents raising a champion kid. Sacrifices are not often acknowledged. Your views. A. Yeah, my parents really supported me a lot, because of them I am here today, they both used to work in wild ways and because of me they had to give up work, so to make sure that they shift nearby to the academy and I can save time for myself, my sports rather than wasting time in commuting. By the time I come back, I am really tired, and my mom is ready with the food, there are lot of other sacrifices and I am really lucky to have parents like them. And themselves being the sports persons really helped me a lot. I am really lucky. Q. Recently we saw your “kachcha badam” reel. your fans went gaga on the social media, they went crazy watching your moves on the same. so your fans including me are waiting for the next viral reel of yours, which would be your next pick in the song? A. Thank you so much! I really don’t know…it could be any song, any reel it could be. So please wait, it’s a surprise (giggles). PS: If you are unversed, Sindhu has immense love for making trending reels and does not stay behind when it comes to following one. She had previously shared a reel on another viral song Kacha Badam.

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