I’ll play to win at World Championship: Srikanth

Hyderabad, June 28
Set to regain his place in the world top-10 after winning back-to-back titles, Kidambi Srikanth has now trained his eyes on the prestigious World Championship crown.
The 24-year-old Indian, who won the Indonesia Super Series Premier and the Australian Super Series titles, said he will play to win the World Championship in August.
“It is good to be back in top-10. But I did not play this tournament to be back in top-10. I played to win it,” Srikanth told reporters on his return to Hyderabad.
“Even the World Championship, I will definitely play to win. That is the only thing I am thinking about, not the ranking,” he added. Srikanth, who bounced back from an ankle injury, expressed happiness over his success in the last few weeks.
Srikanth said he would need to keep working hard to be more consistent. “In the last couple of months, I am playing very well, up to my potential. I really want to continue training hard in the coming months. That is the only way to be consistent. You have to train hard,” he said. Srikanth does not want to compare his wins in the last two tournaments but said winning against Olympics champion Chen Long was one of the biggest victories in his career.
It was just after the Rio Olympics that Srikanth suffered a stress fracture in his right ankle, an injury that took three months to heal, leaving him on the sidelines for the entire second half of the last season.
Srikanth said he did not want to push himself much immediately after the injury.