Christo Popov had a crazy week in mid-December when he knocked out the best badminton players one after the other during the World Tour Finals. His title is an authentic feat, in a tournament which brings together the eight best players in the world.
After several days of break, during which he cut himself off from the media, the 22-year-old Frenchman responded to RMC Sport about this title and what it brought to his career.
“It’s not that I don’t care”…
He thus looks back on a week of competition at the end of which he was “mentally worn out”by dint of handing everything over against an ever better ranked opponent. He also says he is proud of this result, even if he rejects the idea of being the best badista in the world of the year, but rather of this particular week. “It remains a very rewarding title, a very coveted title, he says to RMC. I’m happy to have won it, to be the first Frenchman to have won it. »
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Christo Popov also returned to the change that this title brings to his career, even if it does not change his daily life. “It’s not that I don’t care, but I continue on my way. Obviously, this is something historic. I’m super happy and I’ll be the first to do it. Afterwards, I am convinced that with the generations to come, there will be other titles, other people who will do it. »
