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  1. Badminton on court, Sanskrit off court – the Sindhu way

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    / May 17, 2012 / Leave a comment
    After a three-hour long gruelling session on court, P V Sindhu is relishing her breakfast of puri-subzi and watermelon juice at the canteen at the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy. Destresser is in the form of a loud Telugu film showing on the 32” inch LCD, which Sindhu tells me, is...

  2. Swiss Open was special for Saina

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    / March 23, 2012 / 1 Comment
    It was like 2011 repeated itself in 2012. Like last year, Saina Nehwal lost in the quarters at All-England but went on to win the Swiss Open, for the second consecutive year. First the not-so-good part. At the All-England, Saina found it very difficult to adjust with the conditions. She...

  3. Saina is Swiss Miss, once again

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    / March 19, 2012 / 1 Comment
    She is barred from eating Swiss chocolates. So Saina Nehwal seems to make it up by making the Swiss Open her own. For two years in a row now, the title win at Basel in Switzerland is what she has gifted herself for her birthday. The Swiss Open follows the...

  4. Saina excels across the Great Wall of China

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    / December 17, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Harvir Singh Nehwal   Saina has given cause for cheer just as 2011 is drawing to a close. This year, because she won only one Swiss Open title (compared to five in 2010), she was the target of criticism from people who were disappointed with her performance on court....

  5. Saina’s mantra has to be all work and all play

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    / November 18, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By T S Sudhir I just finished watching the quarter-final clash at the Hong Kong Open between World no. 4 Saina Nehwal and world no. 7 Tine Baun of Denmark on badmintonworldtv on youtube. Saina the defending champion, lost 16-21, 15-21. The grey jacket on coach Pullela Gopichand as he...

  6. Saina and a Wall of China called Xuerui Li

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    / October 28, 2011 / 2 Comments
     By Harvir Singh NehwalIt was an extremely close match in the second round of the French Open yesterday, that Saina Nehwal lost 18-21, 29-30 to Xuerui Li of China. Very few matches in the history of world badminton have gone the distance to a score of 29-30 and it showed...

  7. Jwala on court, Jwala off court

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    / August 29, 2011 / 2 Comments
    By T S SudhirThere are few players who are as menacing when they approach the net as Jwala Gutta. Uninhibited raw power is on display as the lefty rams it in the opponent’s court. In a nutshell, on court, Jwala stays true to her name.Off court too, Jwala believes in...

  9. Arjuna award is big

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    / July 22, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Jwala GuttaA friend texted me around 2 this afternoon, telling me that the awards selection committee has recommended my name for the Arjuna award. I was quite speechless, overwhelmed and ecstatic because the last couple of years have been really tough for me. There has been a lot of...

  10. A final Saina should have won

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    / June 26, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Dr Harvir Singh Nehwal “Aate aate game nikal gaya” was the feeling I had when I saw Saina end up on the losing side in the finals of the Indonesian Open today against Yihan Wang. Having won the title twice in 2009 and 2010, she so badly wanted to...

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