London Olympics bronze-medallist in mixed doubles, Joachim Fischer Nielsen of Denmark feels India has a "strong" men's and women's singles pool and the country is fast emerging as a force to reckon with in world badminton.
Talking about the competition in men's singles, Fischer said: "The competition in men's singles is very strong. India is making a lot of good men's singles and women's singles players. Infact, India has two very good women's singles player now.
"The sport is doing well as people are working very hard, coaches and players are working hard. I think India can be happy and proud of the badminton players because they are strong and growing very fast," added Fischer, who is representing the Pune Pistons in the Indian Badminton League.
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The 34-year-old doubles specialist lauded PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal, who won the World Championship bronze medal and the London Olympics bronze medal respectively.
"She (Sindhu) belongs to the top or else she could not have beaten two Chinese in China at the World Championship. Saina is also very good. She could not win a medal at World Championship but she did it in Olympics and I know how difficult it is to win a medal at the Olympics because it comes every four years," said Fischer, one of many players who have made the switch from singles to doubles.
"The Danish players, players from Germany are also pushing the Chinese and now India is also competing with the Chinese and it is very good for badminton. I hope that we can win some medals at the big championships so that it is not only China, China and China," he added.
