Former Indian badminton player Vimal Kumar has successfully transitioned into a coaching role. Kumar has played a pivotal role, first in nurturing youngsters improve their game at the PPBA and in helping senior Indian players live up to their potential on the international stage.
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Saina Nehwal became the first Indian Woman to reach the final of the All England Open Badminton Championships by virtue of a straight games win over China’s Sun Yu on Saturday.
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Indian badminton ace Saina Nehwal said here on Tuesday that she was enjoying her stint with former National coach U Vimal Kumar and hoped to return to her best form while training in the city. The Hyderabadi, who opted for a change from working with P Gopichand in her hometown in September, admitted she was already reaping the benefits of more personal arrention even as she soaked in the city’s culture. She said if one needs to win, one must be ready to sacrifice a few things.
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The first Indian to win the Grand Slam; The Swedish, Danish and All England titles in succession. Watch Prakash Padukone, the badminton virtuoso, in an uncut conversation with Vijay Amritraj, where he shares his zeal that set a benchmark for the world to follow.
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I’ve always been careful about how I spend money, but I didn’t really learn to manage my earnings until I got married. In the seventies, when I started playing badminton professionally, it was my father who managed my prize money earnings. My needs were few: a few good rackets and shuttles. Life was simple in those days. There wasn’t such a great emphasis on intensive coaching, special diets or expensive equipment. My father coached my brothers and me, and we were all in the state and national teams, although only I took it up professionally.
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Rahul Bharadwaj of Karnataka, a trainee at PPBA won his maiden international title in the under 13 Boy’s Singles category of the Israel Junior International Badminton Championships which concluded yesterday at Rishon le Zio near Tel Aviv.
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Ruthvika Shivani scored a double in the 10th UBI All India Sub Junior Ranking Tournament which was held in KBA Stadium from 20th to 24th July 2011. She won the Under 15 Girls’ Singles and Doubles (partnering Sanjana Santhosh of Maharashtra).
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Ashwini Ponnappa partnering Jwala Gutta created history at the World Championships at Wembley on 12th August. She and partner became the first players after Prakash Padukone to reach the World Championship semi-finals. Prakash had reached the Men’s Singles semis in 1988.
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