Gopichand and Sachdev praise Sameer Verma for his rapid improvement in senior circuit

THE NATIONAL CHEIF COACH Pullela Gopichand is all praises for youngster Sameer Verma who was recently crowned as men's singles national champion. The young lad has shown tremendous improvement which has helped him jump onto his career best ranking of 35. He has since slipped a bit to be No. 38 at present.

It is a massive leap for him as he was placed at No. 175 in April last year. Seeing this improvement Gopichand said,  

"Sameer has a potential to play at the highest level. He is a quick learner and a very sincere student. I have been watching him since his teenage days. He has established himself in the senior circuit very fast. I hope he will go places in the years to come," to Times of India.

The national coach was also pleased with his brother Sourabh Verma,

"Both are very respectful, they have an unorthodox game which surprises their opponents."

Former national coach Sanjeev Sachdev was of the same opinion and hailed Sameer as the next Srikanth.

"I have no doubt in my mind that Sameer will be the next big star of Indian men's badminton. He is next Srikanth of India. He has lightning speed on the court. He generates tremendous power in his smashes. With little bit of perfection in the strokes, he will be a tough customer to handle at the world-level."