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In the first game, the Olympic silver medallist faced a tough fight from the local player as both the players sweat it out for each point, but it was Sindhu who had the upper hand in the game.

While Kidambi lost 21-19, 9-21, 19-21 to Wang Tzu Wei of Chinese Taipei, Sindhu suffered a 18-21, 13-21 loss to Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon.

While Sindhu went down 21-19, 12-21, 17-21 in a Group B match that lasted almost an hour, Srikanth lost 21-15, 15-21, 18-21 in 77 minutes in Group B.

Rio Olympic silver medalist opens campaign against Tai Tzu today at the World Tour Finals

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"I learnt a lot last year. The first thing was patience, because we had no tournaments for a couple of months. We couldn't step out or play badminton, and we needed to have patience," Sindhu said.

With Olympic qualifications in mind, BAI on Monday announced a strong eight-member squad to participate in the three upcoming tournaments

Sindhu, who is a part of the TOPS core group, will return to competitive action in January 2021 after the coronavirus pandemic with three tournaments.

The world champion said badminton is restarting for her in January next when she participates in Thailand Open in Bangkok

Badminton champion PV Sindhu, who endorses Hindustan Unilever's Nature Protect, shares five ways that keep her safe on and off the court.

She further added: Most importantly, I choose to retire from substandard hygiene standards and our lackadaisical attitude towards the virus.’’

There is a lot of mental pressure which a player undergoes in this Covid-19 phase. There is not much activity and the training sessions are done under a lot of restrictions. This has not helped a player’s cause.

Reacting to a report that said Sindhu had a rift with her parents, she said is in London to work on her nutrition and recovery needs

“Happy to be in England and working with GSSI over the next few weeks on my nutrition and recovery with @rrandell86! 3 months to Asia tour and this is best chance to work on things and improve !!’’