Saina backs BAI’s debatable decision New Delhi: Promising shuttler Saina Nehwal has supported Badminton Association of India’s decision to restrict players’ participation in international tournaments to attend training camps, saying it was important to improve fitness level to go beyond preliminary rounds in competitions. “I think we need time for training to stay fit. It is not first and second round always. We have to move beyond that at tough competitions. We have to be extra fit to compete with other fast Asian players,” Saina said. “The movement on the court plays an important part and to improve on this aspect of the game we need time for training,” she said before leaving for Malaysia where she will participate in the Badminton Asia Championship today.
Yonex-Sunrise Badminton Asia Championship 2007 1st Match:- Saina Nehwal Vs. Hirayama Yu Of Japan All De Best Saina
Good attitude... ..by her..i would guess she is under the National team and tutelage of Mr. Gopichand..
I actually did not understand what she meant by her statement, anyways I am coming over to Hyderabad end of April and hopefully will also see her personally.
I think the point.. ...of her statement of being (extra) fit, is shown here: "..saying it was important to improve fitness level to go beyond preliminary rounds in competitions."
Sridhar, saina move into round two New Delhi: Anup Sridhar led the Indian charge with a straight-set first round victory in the Asian badminton championship in Johar Baru, Malaysia, yesterday. Sridhar made light work of Bangladesh’s Mostafa Javed Mohammad for a 21-3 21-9 win in the men’s singles. Ravinder Singh also advanced to the second round with a 21-17 21-11 verdict against Dinuka Karunaratne of Sri Lanka. Among the women, Saina Nehwal eked out a hard fought 21-18 10-21 21-15 against Hirayama Yu of Japan.
Yonex Team - 2007 Tour Update / Women Singles Yonex Team - 2007 Tour Update / Women Singles BWF Women Singles Ranking As Of April 12 2007 Rank # 23 Saina Nehwal India
Denmark Open: Yesterday me and 2 other guides also had to pick up Saina who came here alone! She's a nice, lovely and pretty girl! Go Saina! All the best!!! Hope to see you on Friday ^^
yannie looking after Saina for Denmark Open 2007 Hey yannie, We, especially Saina's dad, Dr Harvir Singh, are pleased to know that we have a good ambassador from Badminton Central like you to look after Saina. Please tell her that she has many fans@Badminton Central wishing her well. Go Saina, Go !!! Cheers... chris@ccc
Dear Well wishers of Saina Nehwal Greetings. I thank all of you for your good words to Saina. As a father I am dong service to girl kid. Wish you a happy DUSSHERA (A festival in India of Victory of truth over bad evils) With regards Harvir Singh
Thanks Madam for the kind cooperation in Denmark. I wish you all the best. Harvir Singh saina 's father
I watched Saina play at the recent Macau Open. I took a special interest in watching her just because of this thread. It was her quarterfinal match against the Korean Jun JaeYung. I think the performance was creditable but there is one aspect of her game which can be raised a few notches. I'm talking about her footwork. Consider foot positioning - her feet positioning is pretty much OK. I see sometimes when she is wrongfooted, the footwork becomes less clean. Sometimes when she does the little hop to pretension the legs, both feet land on the floor slightly out of synchrony. This slows down her first step when moving towards the shuttle. Not so noticeble when she's fresh but becomes more visible when she tires. Speed of legs - on an adjacent court, two chinese ladies were having a singles game. Compare their movement with Saina's and you'll see a big difference. Saina doesn't have the same acceleration and rhythm changes when moving towards the shuttle. She can slowly (it's all relative) accelerate but her movement seems wanting for change of speed. Tiredness - I saw after the first half of the 2nd game, Saina was having difficulty in reaching the shuttle and just reaching them a split second slower. This would get her into more difficulties because this becomes a cumulative effect. If her acceleration can be improved, I think the movement can be more efficient and she'll be less prone to fatigue in the game. Mind you, Jun Jaeyung is no pushover and Saina did well to nearly grab the first game.
Hmm.. ..yannie, he (Dr Harvir Singh) might be referring to you for picking up Saina at the airport and taking her to the hotel..
Hmm.. ..(i haven't seen Saina played before), but could her "less than clean footwork" be the result of her being fatigue (knowing she's playing in the QF Rd.)?!..
Saina has had direct entry into the main draw at the Dutch and also in the current Danish Open. If memory serves me right she was also a direct entry into the main draw at Macau. Gopichand has been working with her and accompanied her to Macau. His tutleage is proving beneficial as can be seen from her performances. She is definitely in the running to be a serious title contender at the Vietnam Open in early Nov Saina at the Danish Open tomorrow - after two consecutive QF apperances in Macau and the Dutch Open a tough battle awaits Saina in RD1 facing 3rd seed Chinese Zhu Lin. This match will test Saina's all round play and mental strenghth and a prelude to see where her game is against more reputed and tougher opposition.
