Disappointed to not get gold at Worlds however bronze means quite a bit: Ace shuttler HS Prannoy
5 min readCOPENHAGEN: Star Indian shuttler HS Prannoy was a tad dissatisfied to overlook out on a World championships gold medal however stated the bronze meant quite a bit to him, calling it because the “first starting step” on the way in which to the coveted title.
Prannoy’s dream run on the World Championships ended after he misplaced 21-18 13-21 14-21 to world quantity 3 Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand within the males’s singles semifinal to log off with a bronze medal.
The win prolonged India’s report of getting at the least one medallist within the showpiece since 2011.
“For me, this bronze medal means so much personally because it has been almost 12 years in the circuit, you always want to have those big medals in your hand,” he stated after the match. “Yes, you are disappointed for not getting the gold but the first starting step is with bronze.”
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The 31-year-old from Kerala thanked the teaching employees and his household for backing him.
“A lot of people has done a lot of hard work in the last few years and a lot of things came in place this week. Thanks to all of them who have been working day and night with me so that I can play better and my entire family backing me from home,” he stated.
“It is not easy because you are in the circuit the entire year and hardly get time for family and friend, sometimes it takes a load. So, these kind of sweet memories are always good, you are feel motivated to go back and work, otherwise it is really tough to do the whole thing.”
The 31-year-old Prannoy squandered a gap recreation benefit and a 5-1 lead within the second as Vitidsarn, a three-time former world junior champion, displayed his psychological fortitude and strong defence to seal a second successive last spot.
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Prannoy was coming into the match after taking part in two three-game matches which lasted near 70 minutes and he admitted it took a toll on his physique.
“When you are on the court you feel you have done everything but when you finish off, you feel you could have done more. Physically I couldn’t push through today, the legs were not in great shape,” the world quantity 9 stated.
India’s top-ranked males’s singles shuttler made a strong begin however indicators of exhaustion set in from the second recreation.
“I was trying hard from inside, not letting go easily but credit to him he was putting in shuttle continuously at a good speed and not making any easy errors at any point,” he stated.
“At the third recreation, I misplaced that first half, it was essential. You cannot be down 5-1. I’ve to essentially respect how my physique taking such matches, it’s not straightforward to play 70 minutes again to again for 4 days.
“He is much younger, he is able to recover much faster. But I am really happy with the way things went this week.”
Notwithstanding the loss, it was an excellent achievement for Prannoy as he grew to become solely the fifth Indian males’s singles participant to win a World Championships medal.
Kidambi Srikanth (silver), Lakshya Sen (bronze), B Sai Praneeth (bronze) and Prakash Padukone (bronze) are the opposite medallists in males’s singles.
COPENHAGEN: Star Indian shuttler HS Prannoy was a tad dissatisfied to overlook out on a World championships gold medal however stated the bronze meant quite a bit to him, calling it because the “first starting step” on the way in which to the coveted title.
Prannoy’s dream run on the World Championships ended after he misplaced 21-18 13-21 14-21 to world quantity 3 Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand within the males’s singles semifinal to log off with a bronze medal.
The win prolonged India’s report of getting at the least one medallist within the showpiece since 2011.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
“For me, this bronze medal means so much personally because it has been almost 12 years in the circuit, you always want to have those big medals in your hand,” he stated after the match. “Yes, you are disappointed for not getting the gold but the first starting step is with bronze.”
ALSO READ | Prannoy tames World No 1 Axelsen, ensures World Championship medal
The 31-year-old from Kerala thanked the teaching employees and his household for backing him.
“A lot of people has done a lot of hard work in the last few years and a lot of things came in place this week. Thanks to all of them who have been working day and night with me so that I can play better and my entire family backing me from home,” he stated.
“It is not easy because you are in the circuit the entire year and hardly get time for family and friend, sometimes it takes a load. So, these kind of sweet memories are always good, you are feel motivated to go back and work, otherwise it is really tough to do the whole thing.”
The 31-year-old Prannoy squandered a gap recreation benefit and a 5-1 lead within the second as Vitidsarn, a three-time former world junior champion, displayed his psychological fortitude and strong defence to seal a second successive last spot.
FROM OUR ARCHIVES | My son is a champion now: HS Prannoy’s father
Prannoy was coming into the match after taking part in two three-game matches which lasted near 70 minutes and he admitted it took a toll on his physique.
“When you are on the court you feel you have done everything but when you finish off, you feel you could have done more. Physically I couldn’t push through today, the legs were not in great shape,” the world quantity 9 stated.
India’s top-ranked males’s singles shuttler made a strong begin however indicators of exhaustion set in from the second recreation.
“I was trying hard from inside, not letting go easily but credit to him he was putting in shuttle continuously at a good speed and not making any easy errors at any point,” he stated.
“At the third recreation, I misplaced that first half, it was essential. You cannot be down 5-1. I’ve to essentially respect how my physique taking such matches, it’s not straightforward to play 70 minutes again to again for 4 days.
“He is much younger, he is able to recover much faster. But I am really happy with the way things went this week.”
Notwithstanding the loss, it was an excellent achievement for Prannoy as he grew to become solely the fifth Indian males’s singles participant to win a World Championships medal.
Kidambi Srikanth (silver), Lakshya Sen (bronze), B Sai Praneeth (bronze) and Prakash Padukone (bronze) are the opposite medallists in males’s singles.
