PV Sindhu To Lead India’s Challenge at the BWF Singapore Open 2024

PV Sindhu, India’s ace shuttler is poised to lead the Indian delegation at the Singapore Badminton Open 2024 BWF Super 750 competition, looking to end her drought in Singapore after a stunning performance in Kuala Lumpur’s Malaysia Masters recently.

Two-time Olympic medalist and India No. 1 shuttler PV Sindhu crashed out in the final again as she lost to China’s Wang Zhi Yi 21-16, 5-21, 16-21 in the Malaysian Masters final.

In a match that lasted one hour and 19 minutes, Wang Zhi Yi made an amazing comeback from 11-3 down in the final game to win the match 16-21.

The final appearance was Sindhu’s first in 2024 as the badminton player faces a tough Olympic year and season.

However, Sindhu said that while she was disappointed with the result, she admitted that there were many positives in the match. “It’s sad that I didn’t get the result I expected. I should have gone out and held the lead (in the final) but there were some pretty good rallies, and he came back. All in all, I can say it was very good match, it is disappointing but there are many positives in this game and also in the whole tournament,” Sindhu said after the final.

The 28-year-old shuttler trains under the watchful eye of Prakash Padukone at the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy in Bengaluru. PV was under the weather for most of the Olympic year as a stress fracture in her left ankle sidelined her. He returned to competitive badminton in February of this year and was a pale shadow of his competitiveness.

Currently ranked 15th in the world, Sindhu hopes to do well in the upcoming Singapore Open Super 750 tournament. This tournament didn’t just end, so it’s important to go back and prepare for the next tournament.

“During these difficult times, it is important that you keep pumping, pushing and encouraging. That’s what I can do now, but it’s also important to just lift my spirits and just focus and relax and prepare for the next tournament,” she emphasized.

PV Sindhu, who won three titles last year – the Syed Modi India International, the Swiss Open and the Singapore Open – will be hoping to repeat her success on the HSBC BWF World Tour this season. “I hope it will be,” said the world No. 9 shuttler. “You also have to be 100 percent, but I’m fully recovered now. It takes time to get into that rhythm and play tournament games. I’m on my way.”

Sindhu, along with Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy, will lead India’s challenge at the Badminton Asian Mixed Team Championship in Dubai on Tuesday. India, who failed to qualify for the finals in the previous edition. in Hong Kong in 2019, were drawn in Group B with hosts UAE, with the leader Malaysia and Kazakhstan.