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Won’t interfere with Saina: Pullela Gopichand

Gopichand said he was satisfied at the performance of India’s shuttlers in the singles events
Mumbai: Saina Nehwal’s former coach Pullela Gopichand was happy with her silver medal-winning effort in the just concluded World Championships in Jakarta. The national badminton coach however didn’t wish to meddle in her game any further in the challenge for an elusive gold medal at the Rio Olympics.
“Saina came up with a very good performance. She is confident and I’m happy she is playing well. She needs now to keep winning big events and target an Olympic medal at Rio. She has her personal coach and I don’t want to interfere. Let her coach handle it,” said Gopichand.
Gopichand said he was satisfied at the performance of India’s shuttlers in the singles events. “It was a very good performance from our players. We got bronze medals in the last two editions and this time we went a step further to bag silver,” he said.
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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