Olympics: Sutirtha Mukherjee’s journey from Jadavpur to Tokyo wasn’t simple – Table tennis coach Soumyadeep Roy

Tokyo Olympics: 98th ranked Sutirtha Mukherjee on her Olympics debut on Saturday registered a sensational come-from-behind win towards 78th-ranked Linda Bergstrom of Sweden. Sutirtha Mukherjee throughout her 1st spherical at Tokyo Olympics (AP Image)HIGHLIGHTS98th ranked Sutirtha Mukherjee registered a come-from-behind vs Linda Bergstrom of Sweden on SaturdaySutirtha journey from Jadavpur to Tokyo was by no means simple: Coach SoumyadeepSutirtha will face Fu Yu of Portugal within the 2nd sphericalSutirtha Mukherjee, ranked 98th on the earth, made her Olympics debut a memorable one after registering a sensational come from behind 4-3 win towards 78th-ranked Linda Bergstrom of Sweden on Saturday.

Mukherjee confirmed super grit to down Bergstrom opponent after trailing 1-3 in the most effective of seven affairs. She received with a scoreline of 5-11, 11-9, 11-13, September 11, 11-3, 11-9, 11-5.Former participant and India nice Kamlesh Mehta felt what made the teenager’s win extra outstanding was that she had nearly no observe towards a defensive participant like her Swedish opponent.The terrific win wasn’t a fluke and the success under no circumstances in a single day. National desk tennis coach Soumyadeep Roy informed India Today that Sutirtha Mukherjee’s journey from Jadavpur to Tokyo was by no means simple. Roy additionally identified that the paddler has every little thing that takes to beat the top-ranked gamers.”Journey of Sutirtha Mukherjee from Jadavpur to Tokyo was never easy. There were a lot of sacrifices. Like any other player, like a childhood dream, everyone would like to represent India at Olympics, Sutirtha was no exception. The road wasn’t so easy. She tore through the tough path but from the last 2-3 years I have seen the capabilities she has, beating top players of the world and occasions when she had close encounters with them. She has the capability to win big matches. She has defeated world No. 16, World No. 8 and she has shown that she has the capability to take on the top 30 of the world,” Soumyadeep Roy informed India Today from Tokyo.”It’s a huge victory for her, for the team and for India, This is first time 2 India women winning first round matches (Manika Batra also won her women’s singles match) and moving into last-32. She is next facing F Yu of Portugal who is an ex-European Champion but the good news is that Sutirtha Mukherjee has defeated her before but it was a different ball game in Ultimate Table Tennis League.”Her self perception is excessive and that’s our motto — ‘High self perception and low expectation’. It was troublesome for me to maintain her in correct psychological body. It’s her first Olympics and it is very pure to get excited after seeing high athletes of the world. She is a big PV Sindhu and Sania Mirza roaming round, it is very simple to get distracted.”We started preparing for the Olympics after winning gold at 2018 Commonwealth Games. We planned which tournament to play, how to improve her fitness, whole team was working for her,” Roy added.Mukherjee will play towards Portugal’s Fu Yu within the second spherical.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.