<p class="title">Recovering from an ankle injury, star Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal said she will look to get fully fit during the three weeks break after the India Open next month.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I am playing a match after three weeks, there was this ankle inflammation. In the morning when I was practicing there was some pain. Ankle injury is tough because the lunges depend on the ankles," Saina said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I will get more time, two-three weeks after India open. After the World Championship there was not enough time when I joined Gopi (Pullela Gopichand) sir, there were too many tournaments and after that I had this injury. It is still not upto the mark. There is a lot of speed still required, I need to be in best shape to play against the best," she told reporters after pulling off a comeback win over Michelle Li in the PBL Saturday night.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I got injured September end or during the start of October. It is an overuse injury, I was close to qualifying for Dubai Supers Series.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It was not that I couldn't play. But there comes a time when the muscle stops taking the load and it goes to the joint and I was feeling the pain. I felt a lot of pain in November end."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Saina felt the new BWF calendar will end the domination of one player and there will be more new champions in this crammed schedule.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"You will not have one player dominating in this new schedule. It will be like every tournament a new player will win. There won't be one champion like we saw in the past," Saina said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While Saina and Carolina Marin have hit out at the 2018 BWF calendar, Sindhu chose not to dwell too much on the issue.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Speaking on the matter, Saina said: "Everyone has their opinion. I don't know how to pick and choose. There is no time to do that, you can't skip six-seven tournaments. You have to play 12, plus so many other events. There is not much time.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I am thinking long term. I have nothing against BWF but to make it popular and better, it should be eight-nine tournaments with more money instead of 17-18 tournaments."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Asked about the new service rule, Saina said: "I don't know how much difference it will have on my game. I still need to see. For forehand serve it is fine, while backhand, I don't do much for that. But All England is not the right tournament to put it to test."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Reflecting on the PBL match against Michelle, Saina said: "She is a sharp player, all her shots were going to lines and it was difficult for me to take those lunges."</p>
<p class="title">Recovering from an ankle injury, star Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal said she will look to get fully fit during the three weeks break after the India Open next month.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I am playing a match after three weeks, there was this ankle inflammation. In the morning when I was practicing there was some pain. Ankle injury is tough because the lunges depend on the ankles," Saina said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I will get more time, two-three weeks after India open. After the World Championship there was not enough time when I joined Gopi (Pullela Gopichand) sir, there were too many tournaments and after that I had this injury. It is still not upto the mark. There is a lot of speed still required, I need to be in best shape to play against the best," she told reporters after pulling off a comeback win over Michelle Li in the PBL Saturday night.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I got injured September end or during the start of October. It is an overuse injury, I was close to qualifying for Dubai Supers Series.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It was not that I couldn't play. But there comes a time when the muscle stops taking the load and it goes to the joint and I was feeling the pain. I felt a lot of pain in November end."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Saina felt the new BWF calendar will end the domination of one player and there will be more new champions in this crammed schedule.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"You will not have one player dominating in this new schedule. It will be like every tournament a new player will win. There won't be one champion like we saw in the past," Saina said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While Saina and Carolina Marin have hit out at the 2018 BWF calendar, Sindhu chose not to dwell too much on the issue.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Speaking on the matter, Saina said: "Everyone has their opinion. I don't know how to pick and choose. There is no time to do that, you can't skip six-seven tournaments. You have to play 12, plus so many other events. There is not much time.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I am thinking long term. I have nothing against BWF but to make it popular and better, it should be eight-nine tournaments with more money instead of 17-18 tournaments."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Asked about the new service rule, Saina said: "I don't know how much difference it will have on my game. I still need to see. For forehand serve it is fine, while backhand, I don't do much for that. But All England is not the right tournament to put it to test."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Reflecting on the PBL match against Michelle, Saina said: "She is a sharp player, all her shots were going to lines and it was difficult for me to take those lunges."</p>