Hyderabad: Indian shuttler B Sai Praneeth, who won a bronze medal at the World Championships revealed the reason for his loss in the semi-final bout against Japanese World No. 1 Kento Momota.
Stating that the Japanese player played exceptionally well, he further said that he got too tired during the course of the tournament which was also one of the reasons for his loss in the semi-finals.
"I was trying but he was playing too good. I also got too tired during the later stages of the tournament. But I can assure you that I gave my 100%".
Praneeth who will be conferred with the Arjuna Award, on Tuesday said that past events have made this a month to remember for him personally.
"I am really happy. I think this is a month to remember forever. I got Arjuna Award right before the start of the World Championships and that was one of the motivations. I am really happy that I followed it by winning a bronze medal," Praneeth told while addressing to media.
Speaking about PV Sindhu who became the first Indian to win a gold medal at the World Championships, Praneeth said "Sindhu's performance was really brilliant. I think the way she played against Tai Tzu Ying, I think that was a very crucial match. Because after winning with Tai she was very confident and we could see that. And we knew that after winning with Tai she would 90% win the gold match which she eventually did."
Praneeth now hopes to qualify for Olympics and would thus first want to get into top-16 and then be among the top-2 Indian shuttlers so that he can automatically qualify for the mega sporting event that will be played in Tokyo in the year 2020.
