Parupally Kashyap, India's top ranking badminton player and
10 in the world according to Badminton World Federation (BWF), is a
Hyderabad shuttler who stunned the world recently by winning against the
current world number one Chen Long of China in the quarterfinals of the Super
Series Premier in Indonesia. He is optimistic and enthusiastic about his
performance in future. The attitude of taking it all in his stride that
has him contending for the top position, now more than ever. The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth
victory is a sweet memory and a life changing event for him, when after 32
years he brought back the Gold home beating the number one player in the
world Chen Long. Once dubious about taking badminton as a career and now
being a professional badminton player, there’s discipline in his life where he
works out hard everyday to take care of stamina, agility and speed. He
considers his trainer Pullela Gopichand, the former tennis ace, as his mentor,
who taught him there were no shortcuts to success and he learned to be more
critical of himself and to take criticism positively to help his game.
Catch him on the cover page of the
man magazine July 2015 issue.
