PV Sindhu has called on the players to turn their attention to individual events after their defeat to Malaysia in the Mixed Team competition
Though Sindhu won her women’s singles match, Kidambi Srikanth in men’s singles and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty in men’s doubles and Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand lost their respective matches as India went down 1-3 to Malaysia
Sindhu said now that the team event is over, the players should turn their focus to individual events
Now that the team (event) is over, I think it’s paramount now to focus on the individuals. I’m hoping for the best, I’m hoping for the gold
Individual is individual, so I think everybody should focus on their own now, she said
It’s time to go back and plan and come back stronger.
As a team, we did well but now we need to focus individually and make sure that we prepare ourselves, everybody is going to have different matches, at different times, on different days
So, it’s important that the players give their 100 per cent no matter what,” said Sindhu on Tuesday after the match against Malaysia
Talking about Tuesday’s match, Sindhu said she was a bit sad missing the gold medal
“As a team I think it’s a different experience altogether, we all come together and play as a team. It’s really nice that we got this silver medal today,” said Sindhu