Hyderabad, August 09: Saina Nehwal will not set any target, Arvind Bhat wants to take one match at a time while Chetan Anand is brimming with confidence as the Indians look to make a mark in the World Badminton Championships starting at Gachibowli Stadium here tomorrow. Back in the court after recovering from a mild bout of chicken pox, sixth seed Saina will carry India”s hopes and the 20-year-old has been handed a good draw, getting a bye in the first round.
“It is a good draw but not at all an easy one because there are quite a few quality players in there and obviously everyone has got a month break to practice and train themselves. So all of them would be fresh and raring to go,” Saina told PTI. “I would not like to set any target and rather look at one game at a time and give my best that I usually do and see what happens.
“Preparation has been going on well. I am quite prepared and fit.
I just want to go there and give my 100 per cent,” she added. Saina will play her first match in the tournament against the winner of the match between Polish Olga Konon and Russian Anastasia Prokopenko, in the second round.
In men”s singles, Chetan will spearhead India”s challenge and the 15th seed will open his campaign against Ji Hoon Hong of Korea. .
—PTI–