Kidambi Srikanth wants to chop down on errors to be extra constant: Pullela Gopichand

India’s chief nationwide badminton coach Pullela Gopichand stated he’s glad to see former World No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth return to type and win the silver medal on the World Championships in Huelva however burdened the star shutter can get extra constant if he cuts down on errors.

Kidambi Srikanth scripted historical past in Spain on Sunday by turning into the primary Indian man to win a silver medal on the world meet. Srikanth stormed to the ultimate of the premier badminton occasion however misplaced the gold medal match in straight video games to Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew. He had blown leads of 9-3 and 18-16 within the hard-fought contest.”Srikanth’s game got sharper and sharper as the tournament went by. He was lacking in confidence when he started playing this year but some performances against players such as Lee Zii Jia and Kento Momota gave him some confidence,” Gopichand instructed the Press Trust of India.”He got his form in time but he will need to curb his errors to be more consistent as he prepares for the big year ahead, where there will big-ticket events like the Commonwealth Games, Asian Games.”Meanwhile, Gopichand make clear Srikanth’s lean patch, saying accidents coupled with the stress of constructing the Olympics qualification performed a job within the former World No. 1 struggling on the tour.Srikanth grew to become solely the 4th shutter within the males’s singles circuit after the legend Lin Dan, Lee Chong Wei and Chen Long to win 4 Superseries titles in 2017. He grew to become the primary Indian man to be ranked No. 1 in March 2018 however his type took a nosedive attributable to damage issues.’GOOD TO SEE HIM SUSTAIN LONG GAMES’Srikanth suffered a knee damage throughout the French Open in November 2017, and he aggravated it on the nationwide championships.The Andhra Pradesh-born shuttler managed to assert the coveted Commonwealth Games gold at Gold Coast in 2018 and likewise remained world primary for every week in April, however then got here the slide. The knee damage and different niggles, particularly associated to his ankle, affected his efficiency and he ultimately missed out on the Tokyo Olympics after three qualifiers had been cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.”With back to back tournaments, sometimes it becomes difficult for a player to recover from an injury. Srikanth was troubled by his injuries as he rushed himself back from it with the Olympic qualification at stake,” Gopichand stated.”But it is good to see him sustain long three-game matches in Spain and he has been also playing continuously right from the Sudirman Cup, so it is a good sign.”