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The Rio Olympics silver medallists says there are a lot of tricky players so she has to step up her own game

The series - Olympics Ki Aasha will celebrate stories of grit, passion and determination of India's elite athletes and pay homage to what it has taken to reach the highest level of sporting excellence.

Young Saina was a dream come true for any coach and the perfect fit for Gopichand’s philosophy of high intensity training when she joined the former’s All England champion’s academy

Sindhu had lost her last two matches against Marin and has beaten the Spaniard just once in the last four matches. However, it has been more than two years since the pair faced each other

Sindhu will now face Spanish Olympic champion Carolina Marin in the final.

Sindhushowed her class in the second game and did not give any margin for error for her opponent to dominate the match

Sindhu secured a 21-16, 21-19 win over Yigit in the match to progress to the second round. She started off brilliantly in the first game, taking a 10-5 lead but her opponent managed to end the lead, with scores reading 11-11.

It has been on the cards that Sindhu would not train under Gopichand ever since she left for London to train there before returning this month.

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

Sindhu, Srikanth off to winning start in Thailand Open, Saina loses

"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.