Badminton | Saina Nehwal is mentally toughest player ever, says Vimal Kumar

“She is definitely mentally the toughest, even I will give her edge over the men’s players, she is much tougher than all of them. She doesn’t think too much once she is on court, no matter if she has some pain, she will go all out and make it difficult for her opponents,” Vimal told PTI.

Vimal, who had coached Saina from 2014 to 2017, said that after this title win Saina’s confidence will be boosted which can, in turn, help her in the endeavour to clinch all England Title. While World Number one badminton player Tai Tzu Ying is still recovering from her wrist injury, Marin’s torn anterior cruciate ligament injury might take some time to heal in case of the injury being a major one. Hence Saina and PV Sindhu can have a real shot at the Title according to Kumar.

The 2019 All England Open is scheduled to begin later this year in March and with the two major contenders out of the scene, Saina and Sindhu could pocket the title if they do well. Kumar also commended Saina for her performance in the recently concluded Indonesia Masters and reiterated that it was her mental toughness which took her all the way through to the numero uno in the title ladder