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The medal winners from the Commonwealth Games of 2010 at the Gopichand Academy
She had said that everybody knew what really happened behind the scenes, but that nobody was willing to come out in the open with it.
The IBL served as the next battleground for Jwala to launch her latest tirade. Even before the start of the tournament came her outburst on her base price being halved without a word being said to her.
There was the match between Delhi and the Banga Beats for which she was served a notice. Not only did she threaten to boycott the game, but she also got into an argument with one of her own players, Sai Praneeth, who defied the team’s stance and opted to get on with the tie.
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In spite of claims by Delhi representatives that the change of player by the Banga Beats was against the rules, BAI Vice-President TPS Puri, came out and said that a rule did exist.
“Anyone incapacitated would be checked by a medical commission, and a replacement who was lower ranked, and lesser in base price could be included,” Puri said.
To cap things off, she also got involved in a war of words on Twitter with India’s top player Saina Nehwal. It was an off-the-court rivalry that everyone knew existed, having started post the Commonwealth Games success of both. Jwala had expressed her disappointment at how there was a certain treatment meted out to Saina Nehwal and a different one to the rest of the players.
Saina Nehwal had responded to former men’s world no.1 Taufik Hidayat’s complaint about what he perceived as unfair treatment on the part of the organisers to pay Indian players more than the foreigners, saying that Hidayat was a retired player and hence could not get the highest base price in the IBL. The two of them were teammates on the Hyderabad Hotshots franchise.
“I think world number one (Lee Chong Wei) got the highest price (of $1,35,000). I don’t think there is anything unfair about it. He (Hidayat) should accept it that he has retired now so you can’t get the highest base price of course. It’s a negative thing to speak like this.”
“Of course, he (Hidayat) is a great player, he has achieved so much. But right now I don’t think he should expect to get more than what he is getting. You see Lee Chong Wei is getting the highest money. It’s a fair thing,” Saina had said.
The comments from Saina were met with outrage from Jwala who took to Twitter to let Saina know exactly how she felt.
“Taufik Hidayat is one of the greatest players….and I don’t think u can dismiss his views just because he has “retired” from the game!!!!,” wrote Jwala.
“I don’t know how anyone can talk about him in such manner……without giving him and his stature any respect…it’s absolutely sad!!!!,” she added.
Though Saina was not named explicitly in the tweet, it was pretty obvious who the jibe was aimed at.
“No matter how big u have become in sport I think one should try and ustand what ur fellow players views r And work on it!!!,” she tweeted.
“Nobody can take away his achievements….just because he’s RETIRED!!!! He is and will always be one of the greatest badminton player!!!!
“And again it’s not about money….it’s about RESPECT!!!!!”
A long drawn out Twitter battle between the two players continued for some time afterwards away from the public’s eyes.
