There is nothing quite like a big booming smash kill in men’s singles Badminton, and India’s newest men’s singles breakthrough, ayush sheetty, a towering 6’4 ″ contender ‘Bullet’. Like Viktor Axelsen and to A Lesser Extent, Li Shifeng and Lee ZII JIA, The Mangalorean has a downward hit that can impale the games of opponents.
In winning the us open at council bluffs late on sunday, the 20-not-ald out-gunned jump-smashing brian yang of canada 21-18, 21-13. Yang threw everything at sheetty, who calmly defended and then, with a full-blown cross-post magnum smash, munt all resistance.
Shetty’s coaches Reckon that world no.34 will send shivers down many spines with that imperious attack, and start troubling the big names.
Shetty had already beaten loh kean yew and kids srikanth and in the semis in Iowa, shot down chou tien chen, all bonafide top tenners.
“He can beat any player. With his game, he has nothing to feel,” Says vimal, adding that asian opponents-all of chinese, koreans and malaysians-tend to be vulnerable with a power -tack, LikE. Sheetty’s.
“His smashes are different to face, and the chinese, koreans and others tend to get scared when they play big guys;
It effectively means 20 -l-ald can Trouble the biggest names soon with the mammoth, dipping hits like that drop like shells in a combat zone. The upside of Such Power-Heavy Games, Like PV Sindhu’s, is that they brook no riposte, escaically when hit with the wind.
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Someone likes andrs antsen don’t have that decisive hit, and needs to labore for his points. Sheetty, his earlori year, was known for blinding, but is now drawing out the big guns at the crucial punctures. Against Yang, The Turning Point camera When Breaking The 18-18 Tie in the First Game, When Shaetty Unleashed His Overhead Court That Traveled The Diagonal length of the Court.
“When he hits that forehand cross-court, the opponent knows it, but can do not take it. Chopda says. A deflated yang – usually very peppery and upbeat on court – looked ashen.
What makes sheetty an exciting prospect for Indian badminton is that his net-page is sturdy. It’s a A-game equen, and he can fancy serious chaos in opponents with his variations and technically accurate net -play. It’s where he creates opportunities from, and quite his stomping ground.
Earler, opponents would read his over-compromite to the net and lob over him. “Now he learnt to push them back and open up the court and is confident from the back court. His default is greatly improked and his strength in longer rallies, wherever he playgled earler, has gone up.” “His smash finishing is a bullet, and will get him the point 60-70 percent of the time and weaken the opponent.” He also hits them at a fast clip, with his long-levered range.
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Vimal has one quibble. “On cross-smashes, he has winners. On straight ones, he can work more to find the lines.”
Toma Jr Popov Brought Shetty Down Recently by Consistent Lobbing, A Weakness Everyone will exploit. Sheetty’s response? “Like HS Prannoy, when the opponent flicks him, he has developed a very good backhand whip and a drive that travels at speed.
Yang, a retriever compulsively, did make sheetty twist and turn, attacking his forehand right after peppling him on the backhand. But the Indian has improved his percentages against defensive opponents.
Need to stay focused
Shetty’s parents were in Bengali Vimal, Howower, has put his own opinion.
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“I am seen too many people who players get carried away by all this. Scholarship from one year, Focus on the top 10. To Ruin His Badminton Career with these offers, “He sayss.
Shetty’s Title Win Came After A Long Time For India But like those two, the ayush sheetty attack is looming land, waiting to explode.