Indonesia’s Tommy Sugiarto was the 2016 PBL’s player to watch. He came to the event with a rich vein of form having captured the Indonesian Masters and carried it forward to the PBL. Oozing confidence, Sugiarto absolutely sizzled in almost every outing for the Delhi Acers and led them to the title. Quite deservedly, he was adjudged the Most Valuable Player (Male) in the last season.
However, the 28-year-old could not continue that impeccable run in the BWF circuit and failed to reach any final.
Stepping on the court for the Chennai Smashers during the 2017 PBL, the World No. 21 will surely be reminded of his 2016 heroics. The memories can help bring back the lost confidence that the former World Championships bronze medallist had desperately been searching for.
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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.
Sudeshna holds a Master's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. She attends tournaments regularly and being a highly experienced journalist, she ensures she only contacts the correct people from her network for the most authentic information to be put in her articles.
Sudeshna’s favorite Indian athlete is PV Sindhu owing to her big-tournament performances. She also admires Tennis legend Rafael Nadal for his resilience and has witnessed the Spaniard in action at the French Open, due to which, Roland Garros is her all-time favorite Grand Slam tournament.
Neeraj Chopra’s gold medal win at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics made a lasting impact on Sudeshna. She has also interviewed him along with Badminton star Chirag Shetty and several other sports personalities. She has done on-ground reporting on multiple ITF tournaments along with the Premier Badminton League, Asian Boxing Championships and the Davis Cup.
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