"Want A Room Full Of Medals Before Retiring": Indian Shuttler Chirag Shetty

Star Indian doubles player Chirag Shetty wants to retire with a room full of medals from big tournaments and his 'mantra' is to play "best badminton" which would take care of the results. Chirag and his partner Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, who won the Commonwealth Games gold medal last year, have been simply sensational this season with their title-winning run extending to the Indonesia Open, Asia Championships, Swiss Open and Korea Open.

"As a pair I would want to win all the tournaments that are there on the circuit. So, hopefully a couple of years down the line when I retire, I want to have a room filled with all the big medals that badminton has to offer," Chirag told PTI in an interview.

"I'm quite passionate about that, I want all the medals whether it is the Olympics, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, the world tour finals, there are many tournaments that we still haven't won and I would want to win everything that badminton has to offer," he said.

The world number two Indian duo won a maiden bronze medal at the last World Championships and is all set to compete at this edition's showpiece in Copenhagen, Denmark from August 21.

"We are not looking at the result. We are just out there to play our best badminton and I know for a fact that if we can play anywhere close to our best badminton, then we can beat any pair in the world.

"And even at the World Championships next week, I think that would be our main aim: take one match at a time and see how it goes.

"It doesn't have to be the best, but even if it's anywhere close to that, we can win each round and I feel we do stand a chance to play deep into the tournament. Playing at our best or anywhere close to our best is our ultimate aim in each match." The 26-year-old from