Amongst the 14 international judges in the country, the trio is extremely pleased with the kind of infrastructure that was made available to the players at CYG. "We have judged competitions across the worldand we truly believe that this infrastructure is world class,” says Sane. Barve however points out, “The challenge is that we have good infrastructure for tournaments but the kind of courts that our players practice on are made of cement flooring. Coming to Balewadi for practice session is not always possible for everybody. It is thus important to create such facilities at various locations in the city."

The judges are optimistic about the future of badminton. Says Badkundri, "Saina is the first girl after Aparna Popat to bring about this change. And this is just the tip of the iceberg because there are a number of names like Aditi Bhutatkar and more ." Commenting on being able to create more world class players, Sane adds, "Badminton is a costly game and what is important for world ranking is collecting more and more points which in turn depends upon participating in more and more tournaments. Government support is extremely important."

Fourteen judges for a country like India might seem to be a small number but the judges are extremely satisfied with the count. "Only unfortunately we do not have any training institute in the country for judges except for the one by Government of Patiala where there is a six monthly course for judges."

Welcoming the shift of focus from cricket to other games, Barve says , "We all have been coaches and I believe that it is the responsibility of coaches as well as the students to make use of this trend. Coaches in India concentrate on skills but today's game is about pace and power. Other than the technicalities, fitness and spontaneity are important and if we concentrate on these aspects, glorious days are not far!"