<p>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.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Saina snapped a 15-month title drought by claiming the India Grand Prix, beating rising star P V Sindhu in the final.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />"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.<br /><br />"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.<br /><br />"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.<br /><br />Saina said her results will depend a lot on her fitness in the months to come.<br /><br />"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. <br /><br />Though the string of losses disappointed her, the Olympic bronze-medallist said she remained focused on future without allowing the poor form to affect her mentally.<br /><br />"It is tough. Finally, this is a sport. You are going to win many matches and you are going to lose many matches. So, I was not really thinking about what all happened last year," she said.<br /><br />Saina said she just needed one match to pull her confidence back and that came in the India Grand Prix semifinal.<br /><br />"I was thinking about it as a tournament where I could do well. I just needed to pull off one match. I was sure that if I can pull off one match, I will be back to my best. That match against Deng Xuan in semifinals (of India Open) was the match where I got my confidence back," she said.<br /><br />"I was losing 21-19 in the last half of the year with most of the top players. But in this match, I got that last one point and it changed everything. So I think you need that one match and when you get it, everything changes," she added. The 23-years-old said she can continue to be in top form for the next few years if she stays fit.<br /><br />"I think the way I am training now, the way I am performing now, if I stay like this, stay fit, be careful with my injuries and be careful with my body, I am sure there won't be much of an issue. Only good performances will come," she said.</p>
<p>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.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Saina snapped a 15-month title drought by claiming the India Grand Prix, beating rising star P V Sindhu in the final.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />"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.<br /><br />"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.<br /><br />"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.<br /><br />Saina said her results will depend a lot on her fitness in the months to come.<br /><br />"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. <br /><br />Though the string of losses disappointed her, the Olympic bronze-medallist said she remained focused on future without allowing the poor form to affect her mentally.<br /><br />"It is tough. Finally, this is a sport. You are going to win many matches and you are going to lose many matches. So, I was not really thinking about what all happened last year," she said.<br /><br />Saina said she just needed one match to pull her confidence back and that came in the India Grand Prix semifinal.<br /><br />"I was thinking about it as a tournament where I could do well. I just needed to pull off one match. I was sure that if I can pull off one match, I will be back to my best. That match against Deng Xuan in semifinals (of India Open) was the match where I got my confidence back," she said.<br /><br />"I was losing 21-19 in the last half of the year with most of the top players. But in this match, I got that last one point and it changed everything. So I think you need that one match and when you get it, everything changes," she added. The 23-years-old said she can continue to be in top form for the next few years if she stays fit.<br /><br />"I think the way I am training now, the way I am performing now, if I stay like this, stay fit, be careful with my injuries and be careful with my body, I am sure there won't be much of an issue. Only good performances will come," she said.</p>