Vimal Kumar

Lack of adequate time to recover after a late night match affected Saina Nehwal's performance in the semi-finals, feels her coach Vimal Kumar, who called for perfect scheduling of matches in big ticket events such as World Championship and Olympics. Saina had to settle for a bronze after losing to Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in the semi-finals and Vimal put the blame on the poor scheduling of the matches at Glasgow. "I feel sad for Saina. She didn't get enough time to recover for the semi-final match. She had a late quarter-final match and then she had to play in the morning. I think the overall scheduling was a problem," Vimal said yesterday.