Kidambi Srikanth reveals the secret of his dream run

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Kidambi Srikanth won two back to back Super Series last week. Image Source: twitter
  • India’s ace shuttler Kidambi Srikanth gives all the credit to Gopichand for his outstanding success.
  • Srikanth expressed his satisfaction for entering into the top 10 in the rankings.
  • Srikanth lauds the new training facilities for the change in his game.

Internet Desk: India’s star shuttler Kidambi Srikanth has credited all his success to present national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand. He further added that all the good things that have been happening in Indian badminton are just because of Gopichand. Srikanth gave his best performance of his career recently as he won back to back Super Series in Indonesia and Australia in two weeks span and made his country proud.

In the Australian Open Super Series finale he out-classed Rio Olympic 2016 gold medalist Chen Long in straight games to bag his second consecutive title in two weeks.

He had earlier won the Indonesia Open Super Series title on June 18.

“I think he is the man behind all the success of badminton today here what we have. If he wouldn’t have become a coach after he quit his playing career, all this wouldn’t have been possible. So whatever we have today and whatever we will have in the next generations, it will be all because of him,” said Srikanth on Tuesday while addressing the media.

“Thanks to Gopi sir . He was the one who really started coaching seriously in India, who always thought India has the potential to be a world beater in badminton. His role would be very important in the coming years as well.”

The star badminton player, who was awarded Rs. three lakh by Gopichand Badminton Academy on the occasion, further asserted that the last two months have been fantastic for him.

“It has been fantastic for me in the last two months. After the injuries, I really didn’t want to push myself too much and just wanted to train first, get better and start tournaments. And it really happened with the help of new coach and Gopi Sir,” he said.

“It’s good to be back in top ten for sure. But I didn’t play these tournaments just to come back in top 10 but to win them and even in World Championships I will look to perform well and win. That’s the only thing that I am thinking about and not the rankings,” Srikanth added.

When asked about the biggest challenge in the last three weeks, Srikanth said,”Every match was tough for me.”

“I think we are actually training very well now. In the last couple of months, I have been playing really well and up to my potential. I really want to continue training hard in the coming months because that’s the only way to be consistent,” concluded Kidambi.