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PV Sindhu didn’t have Plan B to strike back
Updated On: 27 May, 2024 07:11 AM IST | Mumbai | Shirish Nadkarni
How can one analyse this setback in Sindhu’s fortunes in the run-up to the Paris Olympics, less than three months from now
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PV Sindhu returns to Wang Zhi Yi in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Pic/Getty Images
Sitting pretty with a commanding 11-3 lead at the half-way stage of the third and deciding game of the Malaysia Masters Super 500 badminton championship women’s singles final, Pusarla Venkata Sindhu looked all set to win her first international title since the Singapore Open in mid-2022.
Alas, it was not to be. After switching ends to what was the “bad” side in Kuala Lumpur’s Axiata Arena, with a diabolical cross drift taking the shuttle persistently out at both the baseline and the backhand sideline, Sindhu’s game degenerated and confidence unravelled in alarming fashion, to allow World No. 6, Wang Zhi Yi of China, to sprint to the title.
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