இந்திய பேட்மிட்டன் வீரர்கள் இனி வரும் போட்டிகளில் சிறப்பான ஆட்டத்தை வெளிப்படுத்துவார்கள் - கோபிசந்த் நம்பிக்கை

     National badminton coach Pullela Gopichand on Sunday said shuttler P Kashyap, who crashed out of the Indonesia Open with a semifinal loss, should be given some more time to become consistent.

     Gopichand also praised Kashyap on his victory against world number one Chen Long in the quarterfinals. "When I started coaching there was a time they said that Indian men and women have done well. Then there came a point when Saina (Nehwal) was there and then we had (P V) Sindhu. And suddenly there was a question that only Indian women seemed to be coming up and why not Indian men," Gopichand said.

    "Today we see somebody like Srikanth, Kashyap and Prannoy there. All of them are doing well. Definitely, we have it in us and just another step forward we will even get those results. It was fantastic to see Kashyap win against Chen Long. I think he needs some more time to be consistent," he added.

     Gopichand, the first sportsperson to be awarded both Arjuna and Dronacharya awards, was in the city for an event organised by the 'Sport Authority of Gujarat', where he has been roped in as the coach of a proposed badminton academy in Vadodara.

    Asked if India would dominate the international badminton arena in the near future, he expressed confidence that the Indian shuttlers would scale higher heights.