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Updated: April 24, 2020 3:26:59 pm
Indian cricketers Jemimah Rodriques and Smriti Mandhana have unveiled a new web program “Double Trouble” and PV Sindhu (center) was their first guest. (Screenshots)
Reigning badminton world champion PV Sindhu revealed how desperately he wanted to win gold during the 2019 World Championship in Basel. She had already won two silver and two bronze medals at the event in previous years, but 2019 was different for her as she beat Nozomi Okuhara and ultimately won the elusive title.
“At the recent World Championship, I was in the final again. I already had two bronze and two silver … and it was as if I had to win this match, “Sindhu told Mandhana and Rodrigues. She said she was so desperate that she didn’t know what she would do if she lost.
“So I just wanted to give my 100%. He did not want people to say “Silver Sindhu”. At some point that comes to mind and I said to myself before the final ‘No, come on. I need to give my 100% no matter what and win this, ”he said.
The 24-year-old pilot became the first Indian to win the gold medal at the World Championship. She beat Nozomi Okuhara in the end of the event.
Sindhu also said that beating then-reigning Olympic champion Li Xuerui in 2012 had been a major turning point in his career. The Rio Olympic silver medalist had beaten Li at the China Masters in September 2012 by a score of 21-19, 9-21, 21-16.
He also talked about how, just before the last point, his mind was filled with thoughts of what he would do in reaction to victory, and how when he really won his reaction was completely different. Mandhana also shared an experience about how a celebration after a capture went completely wrong.
On the show, both Rodrigues and Mandhana asked Sindhu a wide range of questions about how he deals with criticism, why he got an MB, how he deals with menstruation while playing, and what future he foresees for Indian women in sports.
Check out the full program:
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