Saina has no complaints on media hype over Sania:
Guwahati, Dec 4: Her first visit to the city gave her the gold medal. On her second visit she is on the verge of winning another international title.
“My opponent in the final is a very good player and more important thing is that she is more experienced then me. So I think it will be a very tough match and either one can win it,” Saina said after her semi-final victory in the India International Challenge Badminton Championship at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium here on Tuesday.
A trainee of the Badminton Academy run by former national champion Pullela Gopichand, Saina started her badminton career at the age of nine and she admitted that her performance graph has climbed as per expectation except on a few occasions.
Replying to a query Saina said: “I have won all the national championship in different age groups. I also won the senior national title. In several international meets too I performed well although on a few occasion I lost narrowly. I am working on it and am hopeful that very soon I would be able to overcome this problem.”
If world ranking is considered, Saina’s position is much above another woman star player of the country, Sania Mirza.
Yet it has been seen that the craze for Sania among the crowd and media is more than Saina.
Does it hurt Saina? The badminton star didn’t want to blame any one. “In every discipline hard work is absolutely necessary to reach a certain positions and draw the attention of the media and the sports lovers.
‘’In tennis probably it is comparatively easier to hog the attention of all quarters. But it’s OK. I don’t have any complain”, Saina said.
Saina is very impressed by the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium and felt that it could easily host any major tournament of the world.
“The stadium is really nice and you can easily compare it with any major badminton stadium of the world. All the facilities are available here and I would not be surprised if it hosts another big international tournament in the coming days”, she added.
Source: The Sentinel
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