He was the last Indian to win at the prestigious All-England tournament, winning in 2001.
The main events this year are the All England Championships in March and the World Championships in August, he said.
Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu have been doing well in the recent past, he said adding they could put in good performances in the All-England championship.
“I hope that we have one of our players win the All-England tournament this time around. We have had good performances by Saina(Nehwal), (P V)Sindhu and (Kidambi) Srikanth has also been in good form. I do expect that we will have a good performance in this year’s All-England,” Gopichand, a former All-England championtold PTI.
“Going in Saina has just won the Indonesian open and Sindhu has also done well. So, I think both of them can do well at the All England as well. Hopefully we will have some good performances from our players. It is almost 18 years now and I hope that this year we can break the jinx,” he added.
Gopichand was the last Indian to win the All England Championship in 2001, winning the title 21 years after Prakash Padukone had achieved the feat in 1980.
He also expected Srikanth, who has been going through a lean patch in the recent past to do well.
“Srikanth has played well. He is somebody whom I expect will do well in the year,” he said
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