Even though it is a book about Saina, it was great to know
about Gopichand and his All England victory. The details around this victory was good. Gopichand is one of my all time favourite player. Was nice to read about the
strong commitment, focus that Gopichand had during his days as a player. I have
seen his match against Peter Gade and Chen Hong on YouTube leading to All England victory. Truly superb
matches. The way Gopichand held the shot and played it at the last moment with deception
against the then world's top and deception king Peter Gade is worth watching.
The amount of commitment and seriousness he has towards running his academy is nicely
detailed. I admire Gopichand’s temperament. One full chapter in this book is dedicated to Gopichand with the heading "THE ROLE MODEL".
Details on some of the matches that Saina played and what she went through during those matches was good. Details of Saina's training are
mentioned here at a very minimal level. Reason for decline in her performance in start of 2011 and why she changed her coach in between to Babu is mentioned in this book.
Overall a good book to read for someone who loves badminton
and is fan of Saina and Gopichand.
There is another book by Saina called "Playing to
Win" published recently. Planning to buy this book next. Then there is another book by Lee
Chong Wei with the title "Dare to be a Champion". That would be the
read after "Playing to Win". Then there is a book by Peter Gade , currently only in Danish,
English version is supposed to be out in January 2013. Not sure if Lin Dan has
already or has a plan to publish a book with his badminton story.
