Badminton News: The sweetness of the title will persist but, Chirag Shetty knows it’s time to move on and focus on the next challenge.
Half of India’s top doubles pair, Chirag Shetty played an important role, a role both on and off the pitch in helping India secure an unprecedented victory in the Thomas Cup tournament, which is considered one of the most prestigious team trophies in the world.
“The feeling of the week is still there, but it’s time to get back to training and take on the next challenge, starting with the Commonwealth Games, World Championships and Asian Games,” said the 24-year-old. years from Mumbai to PTI.
“We did well at the Commonwealth Games last time and a Thomas Cup win will help us keep our mixed team gold.”
India won mixed tag team gold at CWG 2018 for the first time and Chirag believes they can repeat that show this year as well.
“The competition is much tougher in the Thomas Cup. So winning the cup for me is just the pinnacle of India
“Malaysia also have a strong team this time around. They may be ranked higher than us because of their doubles and mixed doubles players, but if we are able to get them to shoot one more time and push to win, we can keep the gold.”
Chirag and men’s doubles will also be looking to change their colors for the individual silver medal they won on the Gold Coast.
“Last time we were very new to the competition. But now a lot has changed. We are now in the top 10, we have experience competing and winning against the best players. Gold will therefore be our top priority.” he said.
The Commonwealth Games are scheduled to be held in Birmingham from July 28 to August 8 this year.
But the first for the world number 8 Indian pair is the Indonesia Open Super 1000 and Malaysia Open 750 tournaments in June.
“We have submitted our applications for the Indonesia Super 1000, but we are still not 100% sure if we will play the event as Satwik is recovering from a knee injury,” said Chirag, who along with Satwik , had withdrawn from Thailand. Opened due to injury.
“It’s not a big deal, but as a precaution we might miss the event because the CWG is more important and we need to be at our best. We played for three weeks during the Thomas Cup and we’re tired too We will play Malaysia Open for sure,” he said.
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