K. Srikanth क्. स्रिकनथ्

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    Kidambi Srikanth hits so fast, I can’t reach his smashes: Chou Tien Chen

    Link: https://indianexpress.com/article/s...-denmark-open-smashes-chou-tien-chen-6760609/
    • Written By Shivani Naik | Mumbai |
    • October 17, 2020 11:38:10 pm

    “Coming from 25 per cent to 60 after the lockdown might be easier. But the difficult challenge starts now in the coming three months of going from 80 per cent to 100,” says trainer/physio Kiran Challangundla.

    “Strength was an issue when Srikanth returned in August. While his first month was spent on the basics of the game with new coach Agus, the last one month was about speed and endurance. But whatever spurt you see in his game is merely because he’s fresh mentally,” Kiran says. “His physical conditioning is just at 80 percent, I’d say.”

    “I think Srikanth is a very good player. His smash is good, net skills are all potent and I need to focus all the time when I play him because if you give him a chance he’ll be quick to kill,” the Chinese Taipei player told BWF on Friday.

    “Every time, he’ll find different location (to hit), and sometimes when he smashes, I can’t even reach the shuttle he’s that fast,” Chou added of the fiery speed that drew a lot out of him. “When I play him, I need to use my skill to push him to make mistakes,” he said, adding that he had to alter plans drastically after losing the first set. “In the first set, he played too fast in the last few points. He’d play a half-smash and quickly go to the net for the kill. Thank god, my plans worked in the decider,” a visibly relieved Chou said.

    “There were lots of positives and negatives from this match. I just want to go back and sit with my coach and analyse this situation,” Srikanth told BWF. While adding that a few points at 8-all in the second and 6-7 in the decider could’ve gone his way (he fell lax), it reminded him that there are no easy points at this level. “Against the top guys, you have to be at your best throughout the match,” he added.

    While Denmark was also a means to test how his working equation with Indonesian coach Agus was going, Srikanth seemed happy to not be rushed into things. “It’s been two months since I started training with the new coach. It helped us understand where we are,” he said.

    For his coaching team in India, the three matches were mildly scratchy with national coach Pullela Gopichand suggesting Srikanth’s net play could do with some imagination. For Kiran, it was crucial that Srikanth didn’t overtrain during the lockdown. “Our biggest concern was that there should be no injury because we were not in Guntur to monitor. Because many athletes were assuming tournaments would start. Our instructions were ‘don’t push till we can see you directly’ and thankfully, athlete, Gopi bhaiyya, foreign coach and me were on the same page on this,” he says.
     
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    oh fukk!
     
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    Srikanth Kidambi in quarantine.

     
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    Hope they will allow him to play world tour finals.
     
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    Properly salty statement, and totally understandable.
     
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    Not sure what the quarantine guidelines are. From his post, it looks like playing WTF is still on the table. Of course, he needs to keep testing -ve till then


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    That’s a welcoming news


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    Welcoming news indeed.
    Although I am concerned, everyone already left and he won't have anyone to spare and train with expect PV who is moving like a snail and can actually have reverse effects on him.
     
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    God Fukk, this is painful.
     
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    This is painful on so many levels, god fukkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk. I have watched enough KS for life :mad::mad:.
     
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    I understand. I think he is short of decent match practice, or he still has problems with his calf muscle, or may be both. Let’s see how he performs in the next 2 matches


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    Sindhu is out. So he has a chance if he tomorrow wins Ng la long and wang tzu wei loses badly to Antonsen.
    Is that possible?
     
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    Both crashed out. Both WTW, and AA have two wins each now. Tomorrow will be the battle for the wooden spoon in the group. Similar scenario in the other MS group too


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    Even though Srikanth is losing, he has shown improvement in his skills. Does he have the temperament to win a tournament again? Only time will tell. :)

     
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    actually he showed a lot of temperament to win, it became too much that is the reason he got panicked at crucial moment because this is new for him in a long time, that is playing against top players and aiming to win.
     

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