Not looking too far ahead towards the Rio Olympics, national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand said yesterday there were a few top-notch tournaments for self-analysis before the mega event.


Pullela Gopichand

"It's still some time away from the qualification (for Rio Games). The first real benchmark will be the qualification. But having said that we have the India Open (in Delhi), GP Gold (Lucknow), Thomas and Uber Cups, Asian Championships, also in India, and the All England. These are the big events in which we have a chance to gauge ourselves," said Gopichand here yesterday.