Hyderabad: Only two days before leaving for the Tokyo Olympics, P V Sindhu defeated three young men who played an adult in the national badminton circuit.
It was the first time he beat his three after losing the game practicing for them for a full year.
Win gave him the belief that he would return with a medal from Tokyo.
Jagadeesh Kalaga (20), Aditya Bapineedu (21) and Abhyansh Singh (20) is a sparring sindhu partner and they harden it for a larger battle.
“He told me, now I have defeated them, I’m sure you will win gold in Tokyo.
It is always profitable to play against boys,” said Pradeep Raju, head of the coach and founder of Suchitra Badminton Academy where three men trained.
The three of them belong to different countries and have different styles, forcing Sindhu to adopt different strategies during the training match.
Jagadeesh, who came from Visakhapatnam, played like a South Korean shuttler, Se Young, while Abhyansh played a quick game like Tai Tzu-ying, according to the Sindhu team.
Abhyansh, who comes from Varanasi, focuses on the front field, style similar to Tai games on the internet.
“I’ll take a lot of points from Sindhu Akka on the internet.
I beat him for a full year.
But before he went to the Olympics, he beat me convincingly.
That’s when we know he will win the Olympic medal,” Abhyansh said.
Those who watched the Sindhu match in Tokyo was impressed with how he handled Yamaguchi and he was Bing Jiao on the internet.
It was not the power of Sindhu before the Tokyo Olympics and coach Tae-Sang coast concentrated on this area with the help of sparring partners.
Jagadeesh is very good at attacking the head.
“What we are happy with what we have done for preparation,” said Jagadeesh to Toi.
Aditya, who won all the matches to help his team win the Khelo India University match in 2019, has a very strong forehand attack.
“I am an attacking player.
When I play it, I used to attack from the corner of the forehand.
He worked very hard for the match.
We expect gold.
He is an inspiration for future generations.
For the country that starving medals, winning two Olympic medals does not mean Achievements, “said Aditya, who came from Khammam in Telangana.