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Despite finishing a notch higher with a silver medal atthe Olympics as compared to her senior colleague Saina Nehwal,who had bagged a bronze at the 2012 London Games, Sindhustayed grounded and said, "It’s a different comparison. Shehas also achieved a lot, and is senior to me. "Today I feel finally I’ve achieved something in life.It’s my dream, anybody’s dream to win an Olympic medal. I’vedone it. Everybody in top 20/30 are kind of equal and don’tknow what will happen as things may change anytime." On whether she would turn this silver into a gold at 2020Tokyo Games, Sindhu said: "Hopefully yes. I will really workhard for it." With a new found confidence and ranking, which is set toimprove, Sindhu’s next target is to win a Super Series. "I feel it would change a lot from now onwards. With moreconfidence I would go further and maybe I would win a SuperSeries." Giving credit of her success to coach Pullela Gopichand,Sindhu said: "I’ve really worked hard before coming. I’ve beentraining hard and made so many sacrifices. Gopi sir has alsosacrificed a lot. He’s been in court all throughout. Parentshave also made so many sacrifices." Going into the match, Sindhu said she never thought aboutMarin’s world number one status and wanted to play her naturalgame. "I had belief that I can do it in the second game but sheplayed extremely well. I made simple errors and she won thematch. I did not feel she’s world number one. I thought it’sanybody’s game and whoever does well would win it. Both of usplayed aggressively but she was better on the day." PTI TAP CMCM