<p>Elated at becoming the first Indian male shuttler to win a gold at the Commonwealth Games in 32 years, Parupalli Kashyap said his childhood dream of bagging a yellow metal for the country has finally come true.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“In this kind of big game to win gold is a big deal for me. It’s like a dream. I have dreamt of this since I was a child,” Kashyap said after clinching gold with a 21-14, 11-21, 21-19 win over Derek Wong of Singapore in the finals of men’s singles here. “I’m so happy. This championship means a lot to me. These Games come every four years and that’s what drove me on.<br /><br />“I knew when I came into the tournament I wanted the gold medal. I have not played up to my ability but I’ve made it through. I am just so happy for myself and for my country,” he added.<br /><br />The 27-year-old shuttler from Hyderabad, who had won a bronze in the last edition of the Games in Delhi and had reached the quarterfinals of the London Olympics, said he finally broke the jinx by reaching the final of a multi-discipline event. “I broke the jinx yesterday and I was really looking forward to the final.<br /><br />“This was a very important win for me. I needed this win. I came in as the second seed and I have broken my jinx,” said Kashyap. Having won the first game comfortably, Kashyap faltered in the next and the world No. 22 said he became “too tense.”<br /><br />“I won the first set comfortably but in the second set he showed why he reached the final.“I was becoming too tense. In my mind I believed I could win easily because I didn’t think he could play such a good game, so I wasn’t ready because in my mind I had already won,” Kashyap revealed.</p>
<p>Elated at becoming the first Indian male shuttler to win a gold at the Commonwealth Games in 32 years, Parupalli Kashyap said his childhood dream of bagging a yellow metal for the country has finally come true.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“In this kind of big game to win gold is a big deal for me. It’s like a dream. I have dreamt of this since I was a child,” Kashyap said after clinching gold with a 21-14, 11-21, 21-19 win over Derek Wong of Singapore in the finals of men’s singles here. “I’m so happy. This championship means a lot to me. These Games come every four years and that’s what drove me on.<br /><br />“I knew when I came into the tournament I wanted the gold medal. I have not played up to my ability but I’ve made it through. I am just so happy for myself and for my country,” he added.<br /><br />The 27-year-old shuttler from Hyderabad, who had won a bronze in the last edition of the Games in Delhi and had reached the quarterfinals of the London Olympics, said he finally broke the jinx by reaching the final of a multi-discipline event. “I broke the jinx yesterday and I was really looking forward to the final.<br /><br />“This was a very important win for me. I needed this win. I came in as the second seed and I have broken my jinx,” said Kashyap. Having won the first game comfortably, Kashyap faltered in the next and the world No. 22 said he became “too tense.”<br /><br />“I won the first set comfortably but in the second set he showed why he reached the final.“I was becoming too tense. In my mind I believed I could win easily because I didn’t think he could play such a good game, so I wasn’t ready because in my mind I had already won,” Kashyap revealed.</p>