2021 is going to be a big year – it is the Olympic year! “More than the matches, I think the level of training I have got, practicing with top Japanese players, I don’t think I would have got this kind of practice available anywhere else. Sathiyan spoke about the “tough” quarantine he had in Tokyo because he began playing …
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran talks about training against a robot during the first few months of the lockdown, working on his serve-and-receive game, and finding some light even in a dark year. As the coronavirus-enforced lockdown extended into weeks, and then stretched into months, a robot became Sathiyan Gnanasekaran’s closest friend, and ultimate rival. “You don’t feel that connect!” For Sathiyan, the …