Doubles shuttler specialist Jwala Gutta lashes out at Boe's comments
THE DANISH MEN'S DOUBLES SHUTTLER Mathias Boe in his interview with IANS claimed that the Indian women's doubles shuttlers Jwala Gutta/Ashwini Ponnappa will not be able to clinch a medal at the Olympics.
"No! In women's doubles there are way too many pairs who are better than Jwala-Ashwini. They are just below the 8-9 best pairs in the world but can definitely beat them once in a while. For them to reach the semifinals, they need to beat two top pairs... and that is something really difficult."
Shuttler Jwala Gutta has reacted to his comments on Twitter, following are the tweets
@IBNLiveSports @P9Ashwini dont know how someone can be so careless with their statements...well nobody thought we could win world medal..
— Gutta Jwala (@Guttajwala) February 2, 2016
@IBNLiveSports @P9Ashwini so I guess this is good!!! 😁😁😁
— Gutta Jwala (@Guttajwala) February 2, 2016
Cautions Boe that women's doubles is also a serious event
@IBNLiveSports @P9Ashwini he forgets women doubles is also a serious event..not just 'MEN DOUBLES'!!
— Gutta Jwala (@Guttajwala) February 2, 2016
@IBNLiveSports @P9Ashwini i dont think i need to remind anyone of our achievements inspite of india being a singles playing country!!
— Gutta Jwala (@Guttajwala) February 2, 2016
@IBNLiveSports @P9Ashwini and as he said nothing is impossible!!! 👍🏼💪🏻
— Gutta Jwala (@Guttajwala) February 2, 2016
Jwala and partner Ashwini Ponnappa were last seen in the India GPG where they were the semi-finalists.
