The Voice of Badminton, Gillian Clark Says Tanvi Sharma Reminds Her of Saina Nehwal. Coach Park Tae-Sang likens her game to pv sindhu’s. Fans on social media chime in saying her silhouette in an arching jump to retrieve a shuttle way her head is akin to akane yamaguchi. Sharma Herself is a sponge, carefully picking up elements from Each of Those Famous Games, and Building and Curating her own style.
Maybe, She’s Most Like Her Mother Meena, A Visionary Lady, Who Played Volleyball Herself But Learnt All About Badminton To Coach Her Daughters Radhika and Tanvi. “Their sacrifices, my mother and sister’s, have brought me here,” Tanvi say a day after finishing as the runner-up at a super 300 final in Iowa, United States.
The us Open Finalist, Still Just 16, Who Went Down 11-21, 21-16, 21-10 to 34-Lyar-ald beiwen zhang, made an instant impression over a successful week, and says she simply hope to be compared to all these. Super -achiening shuttlers. “Of course, I feel good to be compared to them, but everyone has a distinct style.
What is the tanvi sharma style?
“Deception in smashes.”
At the Council bluffs arena, a massive stadium that triggered nervousness in her as she reached for the final, Sharma Strung Together Fourlas of Fourless Hitting and Ax Game Before the Big Struce Her Error-Prone.
But there was no denying the sheer breadth of talent in her shots. “Yes, I have good strokes, slices and half-smashes. “It was such a big stadium and a super 300 final, so I got a bit nervous. In the second
Zhang needed to only dip into her experience but like other, Much older to sharma, the American also had noticed how rattling Sharma’s attack and decoys can be.
Room for improvement
The Indian has good reflex defense, some exceptional footwork, but needs to work her way into rallies before she can unfurl her magic tricks. “At the Highest level, Sharpness and Endurance is at a different level.”
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Still, the imprint of Sindhu’s game is very slathered on Indian women singles dnas. “Her Aggression on Court and Sliced Smashes,” says the punjabi from hoshiarpur.
Moving to Guwahati’s High Performance Centre was toughly, but with enthusiastic coach park tae-sang, Sharma has begun enjoying being immersed in learning new strokes.
“I miss Home, but I enjoy training,” says the teenager, who loves learning courtcraft.
At the last uber cup, sharma went up world no.2 wang zhi yi of china, and thought she lost quite easy, she picked yet another lesson from the opponent.
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“Power is one thing, but sharpness of strokes and how she stayed mentally strong on court,” “I’m usually calm even against big names, but somets nerves strikes,”
Coach Park Reckons Sunday’s Loss was directly due to tiredness and depbted endurance, they are going to matter the most.
“My net game is a little weak but I am working on it.
Park’s geeing-up mantra is the same as the one that is worked for sindhu: “I just say, tanvi sharma, it’s ok … chalo aaraam se.”
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Music and Chanting Prayers Help Her Stay Calm. But one realises who is carrying this burden of the saina-Sindhu-Size expectations when one asks have come her favorite books to read.
“I love reading school textbooks. English, of course.
Maybe the comparisons can wait a few years, think Sharma keeps Winning this consistently, the wait might be Deceively shorter.