For India’s doubles queen Jwala Gutta, it has been a season that she would very much like to forget. Struggle with form and confidence resulted in a disappointing campaign at Rio where she and Ashwini Ponnappa lost each of their three women’s doubles matches.
The two, who had won the Commonwealth Games gold among others, could not conjure up any of their usual magic and they eventually parted ways after the Olympics. Jwala at 33, is still very much bubbling with zeal and energy and wants to focus on mixed doubles from now on as she moves into a different stage of her career.
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It is a fresh start for the southpaw who was once ranked as high as No. 6 in the world in mixed doubles. Gutta did not play post-Rio, choosing a much-needed break before plunging headlong into her preparations for the new season.
The PBL will give the doubles supremo the ideal start and her team, the Delhi Acers too can highly benefit from her rich experience.
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Sudeshna Banerjee
Sudeshna is a veteran Indian Sports and International Tennis journalist as well as editor at Sportskeeda. She has an overall experience of over 10 years with top publications like The Bridge, Fox Sports Asia, and gained a keen interest in Indian sports since the 2002 Commonwealth and Asian Games when she was in school.
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