Won't let poor form affect me, focussed on future: Saina

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Press Trust of India Hyderabad
Last Updated : Jan 29 2014 | 2:09 PM IST
Her confidence back after the India Grand Prix Gold triumph, ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal today said the setbacks of an injury-marred last year are now firmly behind her.
Saina snapped a 15-month title drought by claiming the India Grand Prix, beating rising star P V Sindhu in the final.
Reflecting on 2013, which saw her battle poor form and injuries, Saina said it was a case of everything going wrong at the same time.
"I was a little disappointed. Obviously, everyone gets disappointed when you play at such high level and suddenly you see yourself not doing so well. I think there were a lot of factors. There was a toe fracture which I never expected would happen at such a time," Saina told PTI in an interview.
"But, after the Super Series finals, I thought may be I should take a break and not really hurry up. Because, this year is going to be very tough with the Asian Games, Commonwealth Games are coming up," she said.
"So, Gopi sir (national coach P Gopichand) and I decided that I better skip the Korea Open and take a break for four weeks and come back strong for Malaysia and India Open. I think the time of four weeks really helped us to prepare for these two tournaments," she added.
Saina said her results will depend a lot on her fitness in the months to come.
"I got lot of time (during the four weeks) to work on my movements and strokes. I was thinking that I would do well. It is special that within four weeks of training, I won such a big tournament. I think now it would only get better if I keep on training the same way," she said.
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First Published: Jan 29 2014 | 2:09 PM IST

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