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It's important to maintain consistency and beat top players regularly: Saina Nehwal

Nehwal will be next playing in Japan Open this month and one target she has set for herself is to beat Marin besides winning the Superseries tournament.

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World No. 1 Saina Nehwal will aim at not only defeating Carolina Marin of Spain in the upcoming Japan Open but also winning the Superseries title
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World Championships runner-up Saina Nehwal has already begun her preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio and is desperately looking to break into the defence of Spain's Carolina Marin, to whom she lost in two major finals this year.

Nehwal will be next playing in Japan Open this month and one target she has set for herself is to beat Marin besides winning the Superseries tournament.

"I would definitely be looking to beat her. That is one aim at Japan Open. She has defeated me twice in two major finals (All England Badminton and World Championships), and it's time to find ways to get past her. I have beaten almost all the top-ranked Chinese players in last few months after shifting to Bengaluru and this time the effort would be to beat Marin," Nehwal said here on Wednesday.

Nehwal is aware of the fact that consistently beating the top-ranked players in the Superseries tournaments would hold key to her success in the Rio Olympics as the physiological advantage of keeping ahead of them, both in terms of game and rankings, would only boost her confidence.

"Everything is going on fine at this stage. I am training well under Vimal sir and the results are also coming up. But the important part is to maintain the consistency and beat top players on regular basis. That way, you would get better at your game which is very important," she said.

The reigning World No. 1 shuttler said that she wants to justify the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) funding offered by the government to her by winning the gold at the Rio Games.

"It's going to get a lot more difficult because everyone will be preparing extra hard for Rio. I will look to win gold because that is my dream. I would definitely like to improve on my bronze finish."

Nehwal thanked Vimal Kumar, under whom she is training in Bengaluru since a year, for coming as a saviour in her life and instilling confidence and self belief in her. "I am in safe hands now," she said.

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