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Pullela Gopichand: Hope we'll break All-England title jinx

India's chief badminton coach expects in-form Saina, Sindhu and Srikanth to end country's 18-year wait for the prestigious trophy this March

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Saina Nehwal (right) won the Indonesia Masters recently, while PV Sindhu clinched her maiden World Tour Finals title last December. Pic/AFP

Saina Nehwal (right) won the Indonesia Masters recently, while PV Sindhu clinched her maiden World Tour Finals title last December. Pic/AFP

He was the last to win the All England Championship for India and chief national coach Pullela Gopichand yesterday hoped that one of the three prodigal talents he has shaped will end the 18-year-old title drought at the event this year.

"I hope that we have one of our players win the All-England tournament this time around. We have had good performances by Saina [Nehwal], [PV] Sindhu and [Kidambi] Srikanth has also been in good form. I do expect that we will have a good performance in this year's All-England," Gopichand said.

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