India`s World No. 25 Ayush Shetty, who bagged an impressive silver medal at the Badminton Asia Championships in Ningbo, China, after losing in the final to China’s World No. 2 Shi Yu Qi on Sunday, revealed that the key to his giant-slaying run was his aggression during the week.
The 20-year-old shuttler from Mangalore notched up shock wins over Thailand’s World No. 1 Kunlavut Vitidsarn, Indonesia’s No. 4 Jonatan Christie and China’s
seventh-ranked Li Shi Feng on his way to the summit clash.
When asked what would be the one thing that took him so far at the continental tournament, Shetty attributed it to his power game. “The key, for me, was that I always trusted the process. I kept working hard throughout the week and the one thing that I did in particular was that I was more aggressive in this competition and that worked. In the past, I’ve never been this aggressive,” Shetty told mid-day during a virtual press conference on Monday.
