{"id":274712,"date":"2023-01-05T11:35:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T11:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/01\/05\/anup-sridhar-to-assist-lakshya-sen-in-pre-olympic-season-badminton-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-01-05T11:35:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T11:35:15","slug":"anup-sridhar-to-assist-lakshya-sen-in-pre-olympic-season-badminton-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/01\/05\/anup-sridhar-to-assist-lakshya-sen-in-pre-olympic-season-badminton-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Anup Sridhar to assist Lakshya Sen in pre-Olympic season | Badminton News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>NEW DELHI: Olympian shuttler <!-- -->Anup Sridhar<!-- --> has been brought on board to help Commonwealth Games champion <!-- -->Lakshya Sen<!-- --> in his pursuit to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics, in a busy season which begins with the Malaysia Open Super 1000 on Tuesday.<br \/>The 39-year-old Sridhar, who competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and also captained the 2007 Thomas Cup team, will be travelling with <!-- -->Sen<!-- --> in the Asian tournaments this month.<br \/>&#8220;I have been training with him (Anup Sridhar) for the last 3 weeks now. He and my dad (DK Sen) will be travelling with me for all three Asian events, starting with Malaysia,\u201d Sen told PTI.<br \/>&#8220;It is in an early stage, we are getting to know each other on the court. Overall, he will be a great help in planning the sessions and strategising.<br \/>&#8220;He is immensely experienced and has played at the highest level. So Prakash (Padukone) sir and Vimal sir decided to have him join the team. There are a lot of tournaments this season. It is also a pre-Olympic year. Malaysia Open is my first tournament with him. So I&#8217;m really looking forward to it.&#8221;<br \/>Sridhar, who won a bronze medal in the mixed team event at 2006 Commonwealth Games, was roped in by the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy (PPBA) after two-time doubles Olympic medallist Yong Sung Yoo of Korea left following the World Championships in August.<br \/>&#8220;He left four weeks after the World Championships. He was a committed coach but communication was a bit of a problem. We wanted to give it a try for 8-10 months but it wasn&#8217;t working out,&#8221; said Vimal Kumar, co-founder, director and chief coach of PPBA.<br \/>&#8220;Anup has trained with us during his playing days. So we thought of giving it a try. He will be there with <!-- -->Lakshya<!-- --> (Sen) during the tournaments, analyse matches and strategise. The Olympic qualification process will also start in May, so it was important.<br \/>&#8220;We will review after the Asian events at the end of this month. We will get a clear idea by then. <!-- -->Anup<!-- --> will also get to know Lakshya better and if it works out, we will take it further.&#8221;<br \/>World no. 10 Sen and <!-- -->Sridhar<!-- --> were in Dubai for a two-week training session, also involving former world no. 2 Anders Antonsen from Denmark and India&#8217;s Sameer Verma.<br \/>The Asian circuit comprises Malaysia Super 1000 (January 10-15), India Super 750 (January 17-23), Indonesia Masters Super 500 (January 24-29) and Thailand Masters Super 300 (January 31-February 5).<\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                  window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n                  const { TimesApps } = window;\n                  TimesApps.loadFBEvents = function() {\n                    (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                      if (f.fbq) return;\n                      n = f.fbq = function() {\n                        n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : 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