The Indian top shuttler Saina Nehwal said that the year 2015 has been a great year for her career but rued a series of injuries affected chances of winning more titles.
“I was well set to win more tournaments, but injuries didn’t leave me the whole year. When you are fit and fine then progress comes automatically,” Saina told PTI.
“Out of three important finals (All England, World Championship and China Open), I was the only runners-up in three tournaments whereas the winner in two (All England and World Championship) was Carolina and in third (China Open) the winner was Li Xuerui.”
Saina played some excellent badminton in the year winning the Indian Open Super Series, Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold event, reaching the finals of All England Badminton Championships, World Championships and also reached the finals of China Open. She also became the number 1 ranked player in the world.
“Being world number one is the most satisfying while being runners-up in three events in a year is not very encouraging to my personal career,” she said.
“This year is also one of the best but more was to be done by me. I wish I would have been free of injuries. It is an important component of badminton. Almost all the girls in international badminton were doing well in the tournaments.”
“I had excellent training sessions at PPBA at Bangalore during 2015 under Vimal Sir. Physical fitness, personal skill and the best training contribute a lot to the outcome of a player,” she said.
“I enjoyed the training at Bangalore and achieved the best in my pursuit. Coach Vimal Kumar played a pivotal role in scaling the performance of my game.”
Saina has qualified for the Super series finals starting from December 9th where she will compete against the top 8 shuttler’s in the world and hoping to put an excellent performance in that prestigious tournament.