Ashmita’s adventures: Jumping out of train, scalping crowd darlings | Badminton News
Right before Ashmita Chaliha defeated Goh Jin Wei, the Malaysian opponent known for her own sparkly jump smashes, the Indian was deliberating on how to reschedule her flight back to India. On her comeback from a middle meniscus tear surgery and rehab of the last 8 months, the Assamese 26-year-old hadn’t considered she might play the quarterfinals of the Super 500 Malaysia Masters. The 21-13, 21-16 victory earned in quick time, just 27 minutes over the Malaysian crowd’s darling, seemed to be the easiest thing, given everything she was multi-managing. It helped that National Centre of Excellence coach Park Tae Sang was sitting for her matches—given she had managed the last China Baoji Masters tournament all by herself. Her mother recalled the conversation from Wednesday. Geetali, who has been working at a top hospital chain for the last 28 years, but has doubled up as her counsellor now that Ashmita is an independent athlete and not part of the India team, was trying to get her to chant “Om Sai Ram” on the phone, something …






