According to her father PV Ramana, PV Sindhu plans to aim for a medal at the next Asian Games and, barring an accident, go even further to the upcoming Olympics. “She’s back in training at the Gachibowli Stadium in Hyderabad, and her first tournament will be the Arctic Open in Finland from October 8–13,” the man stated.
The father said that although Sindhu is unlikely to continue training in Bangalore, anything might happen in the future. “We have started training at Hyderabad since no camps have started,” he continued. The 2016 and 2021 Olympic silver and bronze medallist Sindhu lost to eventual silver medallist He Bingjiao in the pre-quarterfinals in Paris, leaving her maiden Games empty-handed.
On a trial basis, Anup Sridhar, a fellow tall player and former Olympian who had a brief but promising career coaching Lakshya Sen, will go with Sindhu to the European swing, which includes the Arctic Open and the Denmark Open (October 15-20).
Since Agus’s contract is expiring, we are searching for a new coach. We are interested in seeing how our collaboration with Anup Sridhar turns out and are now considering four or five names. Anup will train her in Hyderabad and fly to Finland in the upcoming days, according to Ramana.
There were other names under discussion, such as Korean Park Tae-sang. It’s not like they broke up after a brawl. Simply put, Sindhu and I believed that our cooperation wasn’t producing the desired outcomes,” he remarked.
Sindhu has reserved training slots at the Gachibowli stadium and is presently doing physical work at the “Track” facility. However, the majority of the upcoming two months will be spent traveling for competitions, since the China Masters (from November 5 to 24) and Korea, Kumamoto, and swing will follow the European swing. If there are no injuries, Ramana stated, “I think she can continue for a long time.”
Due to a significant decline in her game and a fall out of genuine top contention, Sindhu has found it difficult to win the major titles on the tour. However, according to her father, she is still driven to compete in the Asian Games in Japan in two years. In Jakarta in 2018, Sindhu turned in her greatest performance to win silver.