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  1. Kashyap’s London Dreams

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    / July 28, 2012 / Leave a comment
    “Isn’t it like a war camp out here?” I asked Parupalli Kashyap in a teasing tone. We were sitting in one corner of the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy in Hyderabad, as he rested after a practise session. The air, as always, was filled with screeching sounds of the shoes massaging...

  2. Shuttlers fancy their chances in London

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    / July 24, 2012 / Leave a comment
    When Pullela Gopichand left Hyderabad on Monday, he carried with him a dossier on each of the players that his wards are likely to meet at the London Olympics. The team that reaches London later this afternoon, will lose no time in getting into practise mode almost immediately. The team...

  3. Can we have shuttlecocks please?

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    / July 5, 2012 / 2 Comments
    When he started out as a badminton player, Pullela Gopichand’s biggest worry would be how to maximise the life of a shuttlecock. One shuttlecock in the late 80s would cost six rupees and unless he owned one, none of the established players would be willing to play a game with...

  4. 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...

  5. 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...

  6. 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....

  7. 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...

  8. Breathless, Kashyap takes your breath away

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    / May 18, 2011 / 1 Comment
    By T S Sudhir   Arvind Bhatt won the National badminton championship at Rohtak in Haryana this January. He defeated P Kashyap 21-13, 21-17  in the finals.  That’s what the records book will tell you. But there was another champion, though he remained uncrowned. Parupalli Kashyap. For him getting there required more...

  9. A fit Saina goes to All-England

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    / March 4, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Pullela Gopichand We leave for London on Saturday for the All-England championship in Birmingham, UK. Saina Nehwal has had a good preparation for five weeks continuously during which we have focused on getting her back to shape. She missed the Malaysia Open in January due to injury but played...

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