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PV Sindhu has won five medals at the World Championships. A sixth would make her the joint-most successful women’s singles player in the history of the premier event. The two-time Olympic medallist is now hoping to add another medal on home soil and another glorious chapter to an illustrious career.
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00:00Hi Zindran, Faisal Jamal from KFB.
00:04Do you need confidence after winning the Japan Open?
00:08After a long time?
00:11Yeah, I think definitely it gives me a lot of confidence and
00:16of course I'm really looking forward to the World Championships to start
00:20and since it's happening in India, I think I'm really excited.
00:25Definitely, I mean, to answer a few questions,
00:27I think after Japan Open, I think winning that gave me a lot of boost and a lot of confidence.
00:34Hi Zindran.
00:35So about championship in the journey that we've gone along,
00:38about how to do this and how to do this and how to do it.
00:41Can you look back on the journey of it now that you're finally going to play at home?
00:46I have a first question.
00:47One question is that on this whole journey, you must have at many moments,
00:52of course, you need to have to be able to get yourself out.
00:54which kind of made you tougher and which kind of shaped your career.
00:58Can you think of those moments and how to shape your career you have?
01:03Yeah, I think World Championships, I mean, having five medals at the World Championships,
01:09of course, is an amazing journey, I would say.
01:13And I think each win or each medal gave me a different kind of experience
01:19because, you know, back then in 2013, I had, you know, bronze and then 2014 again bronze.
01:25And then so on, silver, silver and then gold.
01:27I think the transition had been in such a way that it was wonderful to, you know, have that transition.
01:33But also there were a couple of amazing moments.
01:37The first one was, as you said, getting a medal itself is definitely an amazing achievement.
01:42But apart from that, I think for me, where I've got much more stronger is when I think when I
01:49lost the 2017 World Championships,
01:52I think, you know, after playing a very hard fought match, I think one or 50 minutes against Uwara at
01:59Glasgow,
02:01and I lost 22-20.
02:04So I think that itself, for 2019, I think that was very hard.
02:09I was very hard on myself because I was like, I was almost there, but I couldn't get that goal.
02:16You know, it was just that matter of one, two points.
02:20And I think that made me much more stronger is what I felt there.
02:23There were times where I've lost, like even in 2018, where I have to, I was leading and then I
02:30lost the first game and I lost the, you know, gold.
02:34So these are some of the moments which, especially at the World Championships, where, you know, that made me much
02:40more stronger and come back much more stronger.
02:44Let's go.
02:45Hi, Sindhu.
02:46Sindhu, I'm your name.
02:47Sindhu, you've won the second medal in Sydney.
02:50You're the most the biggest one I've ever won in the world.
02:54But in the world championship, you've won the seven years, and you've won the same.
02:58And you've won the same form in the future.
02:58You've won the same as Asian Music players.
03:00If you've won the same medal in India, you've won the same.
03:04And here, because you've won the same opportunity.
03:07But it's a form to compete.
03:11Definitely, it's very special because it's been in India and of course, it's the excitement
03:18that it's been in India for many years, so I think it's been in 2019, almost 7 years
03:28so I'm hoping that this time Japan opened for win's day, so I hope I keep the same
03:36I hope I do well, and looking forward, because it's all good, it's just that we only gave
03:44us one match at a time, and hopefully, let's see, Indian crowd will give us a lot of support
03:50and I'm really happy that we are playing the whole championship team in India and get
03:58to play at the home ground, and of course, there will be a lot of support and I hope I
04:04get
04:05another year.
04:08Situ, can you talk about how you changed in this semi-year period, being said about winning
04:1936 versus 36, how are you different as a player and as a person?
04:25I think quite some changes, I would say, in terms of the game and in terms of how you
04:31think and how you strategize and altogether game, badminton as a sport itself has changed,
04:37is what I feel. You know, earlier women's in this was more of, you know, attacking and,
04:42you know, more of a faster pace scale, but I think now it's more of, you know, those long
04:48rallies and staying on sport for a longer period of time and, you know, the longer duration
04:54that you stay on sport. So, I think you need a lot of patience in terms of that, but when
04:59you look back in, since then until now, yes, as a person, I think in terms of experience,
05:05I've, there's been, there's been a lot of changes and I feel now I'm much more experienced
05:11with respect of playing sport for a longer period of time. I think I'm definitely much
05:16more experienced in terms of how to deal on board. Sometimes there is drift and sometimes,
05:22you know, how do you control the shuttle or, you know, it might not go according to you
05:26all the time. So, how do you accordingly change and make sure that is convenient for you?
05:30So, I think these are few things that has changed in this period as well, I think.
05:37Next question. Good day.
05:40So, first of all, all the very best for the upcoming matches and we hope you win like 2019.
05:45Just that this tournament has been hosted in India and recently he also said that he wants
05:51to go to Olympics Sunday in 1936. How do you see that, you know, great campus who wants
05:55to go to such big tournaments like this Olympics?
05:57I think it's really good to have that scope of thinking and making it happen in India.
06:04I think PM Sir had, you know, has that vision that, you know, we can host it and I think
06:11looking,
06:12like, if I have to personally say, like, here the conditions and everything, the way they've
06:17changed is really good and according to the players, they've done all the arrangements and everything
06:22really well and I really appreciate that the work that, you know, the VA and Association
06:26and the government have done. I mean, there's nothing to, you know, there's nothing wrong in making
06:35it happen when PM Sir said, you know, we want to make it happen. I think when you actually think
06:39about that
06:39vision that, you know, that you want to make it happen, it says it's a big, big thing. And now
06:45we all have to, like, you know, work backwards. Since, you know, we have, we all have that vision. PM
06:49Sir has that vision that, you know, to make it, you know, to make it, you know, to make it,
06:52you know, to make it happen.
06:53I think we have the facilities. It's just that we have to improvise it in a light way and I'm
06:59sure, I'm hoping that we could and that would be an amazing thing that, you know, that even we can
07:04do it and, I mean, we don't lessen anything, so, yeah.
07:09So, after all these years, after all these medals, are you still butterflies ahead of the first match?
07:16Yeah, actually, yes. And at the same time, as I mentioned earlier, you know, I've also had a lot of
07:24experience that I've faced a lot of matches in the previous year and then I've played a lot of first
07:30round matches where I had butterflies and there's a lot of pressure.
07:33I won't deny that there is no pressure. There is pressure, but at the same time for me, there's nothing
07:37to lose and I just want to give my best because I know I've trained hard and I've worked hard
07:43in my training sessions.
07:44So, I just have to walk there into the court and just, like, just give that and just put my
07:50best out there and irrespective of whatever the result is.
07:53Is there one thing that has not changed since 2013?
07:57I think the hunger towards the game hasn't changed and definitely I know it is in me and I can
08:03still do it. So, I think the hunger towards the sport hasn't changed.
08:11Hi, Sudhu. My name is Yunal. I'm from Outlook area. On Twitter, you wrote Uniquely Indian sharing the Cranky video.
08:19Do you have your own unique ways to remain where you are and remain focused? Uniquely Indian, like unique Indian
08:26ways?
08:26I think it's, I mean, whatever is the best, people do that and I really appreciate the record for doing
08:33it and, like, I've come yesterday and I've played today and we've had to be, like, really, really good sessions
08:43out there, not being uncomfortable. Everything is comfortable and everything is good.
08:48Like, to be very fair, from the washrooms, to the people out here, whoever is helping out, if we need
08:56any help, there are people out there, day in and day out, they put in all their efforts to make
09:00this happen.
09:00And that itself is, that itself, they've achieved that, you know, that this will be one of the greatest world
09:08championships. So, what else do we need? And being an Indian, I think I can proudly say that, you know,
09:14we are happy and we are fortunate to play here at the whole crowd. So, yeah.
09:19Like, what I want to ask, do you have your own unique Indian ways that help you remain focused?
09:26Ah! I mean, I'm sure there are a lot, right? People sometimes take it as superstitious saying that, you know,
09:33we want to trust in God, pray to God that we want to do well.
09:36I think everybody has their unique sense of doing it and, of course, we all believe in trust in God.
09:42It's just that, you know, we just have to go out there because you can't predict the result.
09:48You never know what is going to happen tomorrow. So, whatever it takes to build, you have your unique ways.
09:54Whether it's a racket or a t-shirt or a dress or the way you dress up or the way
09:58you put your pony or shoes or whatever it is.
10:01So, everyone has their unique way. But for me, it's just that I just trust in God and just go
10:06to the court and do my best.
10:10So, good luck. Good luck for tomorrow's game. I just wanted to know, you've had a pretty consistent year, this
10:17year, since Halifun, Indira Asia opened, a lot of quarter-parallel, semi-parallel, and then a final minute in Japan
10:23opened.
10:24So, was it this year you, was it something that you told yourself that I'm going to have a bit
10:29of a breakthrough year?
10:30Yeah, I think I've had the, I've had really good team around me and we had to build that team
10:38into some time and, you know, when we got the whole team together in terms of sports science,
10:43the physio and the trainer, I think we all came together, we sat down, we just looked down what is
10:48required, what is needed, we discussed with coach and we had to improve on those things.
10:54And I think all together played a very major role. I mean, it's not just the tournaments where people see
11:00us when we play a match, but it's behind the scenes what we do and what is required and how
11:04smartly we, you know, change.
11:06Because sometimes your body might not cooperate, you know, when you're playing and, you know, you have to make sure
11:11you need to get that risk.
11:12So, you know, we need to take those decisions very smartly in a way to make sure that you're at
11:18your 100% peak at the right time.
11:20So, I think we've been doing this correctly and rightly and I think that's what made this difference and made
11:27this change.
11:31Hi, Sandhu. You recently spoke about the changes you've made with your sports science team. Can you talk about that
11:38and how you would see differently physically and mentally?
11:42Yeah, I think as I mentioned, I think it was very important for me to have a sports science team
11:48around me in terms of the S&C and the physio and of course the coach is always there.
11:54I think Wayne who gets the certain conditioning and of course Ira as much as you're right now and Shreasi
12:02looks after the S&C.
12:05So, I think it's very important that, you know, you build around that because, you know, sometimes your body is
12:12not at 100% but you still push at times, right?
12:15And injuries, you know, just don't tell you income, it just happens. So, before that, you know, what are the
12:21precautions that you create and how smartly you change?
12:24Because, you know, you have all these gadgets now to record your strain, you know, how tired you are or
12:32can you push yourself or not?
12:33So, I think these are some metrics where you make sure and take precautions that, you know what, okay, maybe
12:38tomorrow it's a different kind of training that you do.
12:41So, these are the small things that you change and I think that's what helped me and, yeah, we're working
12:46towards that and I think physically and mentally, I mean, it's been quite good that, you know, I'm able to
12:52actually see the changes in terms of in my game and in my movement.
12:57So, I think, yeah, I'm happy that, you know, it's going the right way.
13:01Hi, Phoebe. I'm Ritu from The Bridge. India is hosting this championship after 17 years. Can you tell us where
13:08were you when we hosted the last time in Hyderabad?
13:11I was a very small girl. I mean, I used to come, watch matches, you know, from morning until evening,
13:17we used to just play around, watch matches.
13:19I mean, at that time it was just like, okay, you know, you get to see a lot of players,
13:24top players and you just see, but you don't know, you know, how serious it was back then.
13:31But now when I look back, I was like, you know, I got to experience the best back then and
13:36I'm sure, you know, playing the world championships now after like 17 years in India.
13:42So, it's so good to see, you know, since then until now, like, you know, the whole journey has been
13:49quite memorable.
13:51So, it's always, you know, good to have it, you know, being playing in India and I think this time,
13:59you know, just hoping that, you know, I would get a medal at the home ground. Yeah.
14:08So, we speak a lot about your rivalry with Yamaguchi and Anzia, but then there is also Wanzi, you played
14:14at the world champs last year, the one that managed to win, then the next match is she has won
14:18and there might be another clash on the line of this team.
14:21So, can you speak a bit about that rivalry?
14:23Yeah, I think we played a lot of times, we played a lot of times and, you know, where I
14:29won at the last world championships and last time when we played, I was leading and then I lost to
14:33them.
14:33So, I think, see, I mean, she is doing well, she's at the top. So, I feel in the top
14:3910 players like in the world, you know, it's just that you need to give your best.
14:44I mean, everybody would want to give their best and everybody want to play their best at the world championships
14:49or any tournament.
14:51So, it's just that, you know, we might know each other's game, but at the same time, we have to
14:55accordingly make some changes when it comes to the court conditions and the schedule conditions.
15:00So that, you know, you know, you make sure that you, you know, it is comfortable for you to play
15:07against them.
15:08Because every athlete has a different style of play. So, whether it's Fanzi or Yamabuchi or Ransayong, I'm not saying
15:14it will be easy.
15:15It will be hard and there will be tough matches and I need to be prepared for them. So, yeah.
15:19Last question, Abishu.
15:33Yeah.
15:34How are you coming back?
15:37You have to return to the form and there is a link to .
15:41And I'm sure all this will be coming back.
15:47Yeah, I think there is a younger generation who would come up and who is coming up now
15:52in badminton in women's, especially. And I think, I mean, about the scoring system,
16:00yes, it is going to be different. It is going to be very challenging, in fact. Because,
16:04you know, if it was 21 points, then there is still time, like, you know, you are like
16:08seven laps down and you still have time to cover. Whereas in 15, if the seven points
16:13are done, almost the match is done. So it is going to be very challenging and you need
16:20to be on your feet from point number one. And it is going to be hectic in terms of,
16:25you need to be quick on your feet from the first point. You can't take it easy and then think
16:30that, okay, you know, I might come back or I will come back. So I think with the 15 points
16:34scoring format, you need to be, you know, from the beginning on your feet, alert on your feet
16:40every single time. But looking at the generation of, you know, youngsters who are coming up,
16:46I think there is some good talent. But at the same time, me being experienced, I think,
16:52the game is changing. The game is evolving all the time. Back then it was more of like a
16:56faster game and now the game has become completely slower and longer and a lot more rallies.
17:01And maybe in 15 points, it might become, you know, a different where, you know, you have
17:06to be quick on your feet and there might be some short rallies, quick rallies, fast rallies.
17:11So you have to get, you know, adapted to it. And of course, I'm happy that, you know,
17:16I get to see a lot of changes in sport. But at the same time, it's always good. I mean,
17:21anything is good in sport because, you know, you have to get used to it. Because that's how sport is.
17:27You know, game changes, coding changes, champions obviously keep changing, volume keep changing.
17:33So you have to get, you don't have a choice.
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