<p> Ecstatic but unruffled by burden of expectations after storming into the Olympic final, Indian shuttler P V Sindhu said on Thursday that she is in fact looking forward to end ace shooter Abhinav Bindra’s reign as the country’s sole individual Olympic gold-medallist.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The World No. 10 from Hyderabad will next take on two-time World Champion and top seed Carolina Marin of Spain in the summit clash on Friday.<br /><br />“I feel I really worked hard each and every time. Everybody’s aim is to get a medal at the Olympics, one more match to go. Definitely I feel that I’ve a chance,” Sindhu said.<br /><br />“It’s nothing like pressure. It’s just that I have to give my 100 per cent. There’s one more match to go and it’s not going to be easy,” said Sindhu.<br /><br />Excited to make the final in her maiden Olympics, the lanky girl said: “I hope I would give my best. This is my first time in Olympics and I am playing the final. It is a very great feeling.”<br /><br />The secret of her success is sheer hard work and determination and Sindhu said she just took one match at a time, like any other champion does.<br /><br />“I did not think so far. I just kept on going every single match. The immediate target was to win the next match. If you keep on winning you are going to get a medal.”<br /><br />Her assured medal comes less than 12 hours after another woman Sakshi Malik ended the anxious wait by clinching the 58kg freestyle bronze through repechage in wrestling.<br /><br />Congratulating Sakshi, Sindhu said: “I did not meet her. I saw her on TV and I will definitely congratulate her for her bronze. She played really well. It’s a great thing for India.”<br /><br />On her strategy for the final against the left-handed Carolina Marin of Spain, Sindhu said: “It’s going to be good match. Each one has a different style of play and strategy. It just depends on that day. I have my coach and he will tell me the strategies.” <br /><br />In her moment of glory, Sindhu did not forget to laud her rival.<br />“It was anybody’s game in the first even as I was leading 18-17. She did not give up also. When It was 19-18, those two points were really very important. In the second game, it was equal till 10 points. I took a break. I took a huge a lead from there on. I never took it easy, as you never know what would happen after that,” she said.<br /><br />National coach Pullela Gopichand said they will give their best in the gold medal match on Friday.<br /><br />“She has played fantastic. She has played each match from the beginning — against Michelle, Wendy... She has really played well and she has fought hard. Today’s win was great. She is up against a tough player in Carolina Marin tomorrow. We will give our best shot and let’s see how it goes,” Gopichand said.<br /><br /></p>
<p> Ecstatic but unruffled by burden of expectations after storming into the Olympic final, Indian shuttler P V Sindhu said on Thursday that she is in fact looking forward to end ace shooter Abhinav Bindra’s reign as the country’s sole individual Olympic gold-medallist.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The World No. 10 from Hyderabad will next take on two-time World Champion and top seed Carolina Marin of Spain in the summit clash on Friday.<br /><br />“I feel I really worked hard each and every time. Everybody’s aim is to get a medal at the Olympics, one more match to go. Definitely I feel that I’ve a chance,” Sindhu said.<br /><br />“It’s nothing like pressure. It’s just that I have to give my 100 per cent. There’s one more match to go and it’s not going to be easy,” said Sindhu.<br /><br />Excited to make the final in her maiden Olympics, the lanky girl said: “I hope I would give my best. This is my first time in Olympics and I am playing the final. It is a very great feeling.”<br /><br />The secret of her success is sheer hard work and determination and Sindhu said she just took one match at a time, like any other champion does.<br /><br />“I did not think so far. I just kept on going every single match. The immediate target was to win the next match. If you keep on winning you are going to get a medal.”<br /><br />Her assured medal comes less than 12 hours after another woman Sakshi Malik ended the anxious wait by clinching the 58kg freestyle bronze through repechage in wrestling.<br /><br />Congratulating Sakshi, Sindhu said: “I did not meet her. I saw her on TV and I will definitely congratulate her for her bronze. She played really well. It’s a great thing for India.”<br /><br />On her strategy for the final against the left-handed Carolina Marin of Spain, Sindhu said: “It’s going to be good match. Each one has a different style of play and strategy. It just depends on that day. I have my coach and he will tell me the strategies.” <br /><br />In her moment of glory, Sindhu did not forget to laud her rival.<br />“It was anybody’s game in the first even as I was leading 18-17. She did not give up also. When It was 19-18, those two points were really very important. In the second game, it was equal till 10 points. I took a break. I took a huge a lead from there on. I never took it easy, as you never know what would happen after that,” she said.<br /><br />National coach Pullela Gopichand said they will give their best in the gold medal match on Friday.<br /><br />“She has played fantastic. She has played each match from the beginning — against Michelle, Wendy... She has really played well and she has fought hard. Today’s win was great. She is up against a tough player in Carolina Marin tomorrow. We will give our best shot and let’s see how it goes,” Gopichand said.<br /><br /></p>