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Ayush Shetty described his BWF World Championships exit as "a tough one to digest" after the Indian shuttler lost to familiar foe Alwi Farhan in the pre-quarters.

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00:12I think he was playing really sharp today. I think I had my chances in the first game,
00:19couldn't convert it and I think in the second game he was playing with more confidence and
00:24he was putting a lot of pressure from the net. I think that made the difference.
00:27Do you feel that he managed to help back you from playing your smashes?
00:34Definitely, he was not given much chance but I think when I had my chances,
00:38I was not really sharp beating the lines. I think that made a lot of difference, I would say.
00:46But credit to him, he played a much better badminton and he was the better man.
00:50Do you feel that it was just my soul, it was a bit moving around, so I wanted to adjust
01:04it, nothing to myself.
01:06Do you change your game a little bit in between that you have gone more to safety and you were
01:11just waiting for the unfolds from the elite and what was the plan that didn't work also?
01:19Yeah, I was trying to control the net but he was really ready to play and yeah, I think I
01:25made some wonderful efforts.
01:28You don't, you know, give a chance against an opponent like LB, you know, not to come back in the
01:34game and yeah,
01:35I think he was super sharp today and that was the difference.
01:40Ayush, what happened at the back time, Conor, most of the returns came back to the smash, a body smash?
01:48Yeah, I think my lips were not really, you know, I didn't give a good length. I think it was
01:54falling short and he was converting really well, mixing with the, you know, corner attack and, you know, the body
02:01smashes.
02:02What was the change you saw from last time you met him compared to this match?
02:09I don't think much of a change. We recently played, definitely a bit of tagging. I don't think so but
02:16yeah, I think it's just that, you know, he had the momentum.
02:20He was playing conference in the second game. If I would have converted the first, maybe a different match.
02:26But yeah, it's still, if I would have converted but yeah, I think he was just playing better today.
02:33You just mentioned about the pressure was on you because you were playing at home. Was that a pressure on
02:39you?
02:40No, I don't think I was playing with pressure. I was in fact enjoying it but just that, you know,
02:46I was vulnerable to win.
02:47So, it was not really fun. But yeah, I think he was just, you know, playing super good and he
02:58didn't give me much chance to come back in the game.
03:00What was your world championship experience? What was the learning that you were feeling out of every match?
03:11Definitely a lot to learn, especially this match. Tough fun to digest as well. But I think, yeah, we'll go
03:20back, analyze and yeah, I think a lot of positives as well from this tournament.
03:26But I think definitely a lot to learn and a long way to go.
03:30Thank you. All the time. Thank you.
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