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Saina Nehwal's coach Vimal Kumar inspiring her with stories of Federer and Nadal

Ever since her return to the court in January this year following five-month rehab post knee-surgery, Saina Nehwal had only success in Malaysia Masters in January.

By Sujata Sarkar

Hyderabad, July 19: Ever since her return to the court in January this year following five-month rehab post knee-surgery, Saina Nehwal had only success in Malaysia Masters in January.

Since then the once world number one, now dropped to 11th, has been able to reach only in the semi-final of Thailand Open Grand Prix. Having participated in consecutive four Masters championships, 26-year-old Saina has been a failure in all three championships.

File photo: Saina Nehwal


Now she is going to face an acid test in the forthcoming World Championships which is scheduled to take place in Glasgow from August 21 to 27.

Speaking about her preparation for the World Championship, former national champion and Saina's coach Vimal Kumar said on Tuesday, “She has been working extremely hard, spending almost six to seven hours in training every day. My observation is that her fitness, comparing to international standard has not gone down. She is actually losing the confidence in the midst of her matches. In all the four Masters Championships she had participated, Saina had started decently. But in the midst of the game she looked losing confidence and as its result she started losing crucial points."

In a bid to revive the required confidence Vimal revealed, he has been showing Saina her own matches' video recordings.

Vimal added, “Actually, I have asked her to watch the video recordings of those matches in Australian Open and Indonesian Open where she came back from behind and showed glimpses of her old touch."

Along with this, the coach is telling her story of Roger Federer's dream come-back.

Vimal clarified, “Citing example of Federer's amazing come-back after a year's sabbatical as well as Rafael Nadal's return to the courts after curing from injury, I am telling her two important things. One is that, you have not lost anything in your game. You can also beat anybody in the world in your day. The second important sentence I am telling her is that, just try to enjoy the game on the court. You will find the result automatically."

OneIndia News

Story first published: Tuesday, August 8, 2017, 10:12 [IST]
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