Mumbai, June 30: The hype around tennis ace Sania Mirza may be bigger but ace shuttler Saina Nehwal clearly has the edge in terms of performance, feels badminton legend Prakash Padukone.
Comparing both the Hyderabadis’s achievements, Padukone said the fact that Saina has beaten more higher ranked players than Sania tilts the balance in the shuttler’s favour.
“I don’t go by the rankings which can be achieved by picking and choosing the tournaments one wants to play. But Saina has beaten more top-rated players than Sania and I would rate her performance higher,” the former shuttler said.
Prakash felt Saina, who recently won the Indonesian Super Series, had it in her to become the world number one within two years’ time.
–PTI