P.V. Sindhu sent waves around the badminton world when she waltzed her way to a maiden World Championship gold medal last month. It was a historic achievement, one that no Indian had ever managed to do before, and yet the manner in which she brushed off her opponents in the last two matches — one of whom was defending champion Nozomi Okuhara — made it look like the gold always belonged to her. Coach Pullela Gopichand, who was courtside when Sindhu was mauling Okuhara, believes that this win is not a one-off if India can nurture and harness the talent it currently has in the junior circuit.
Indian badminton players may not have had a great time in the first half of 2019, but the two medals that they won at the World Championships — B. Sai Praneeth’s bronze in men’s singles was somewhat overshadowed by the show Sindhu put up — was a big positive for the sport in the country according to Gopichand.
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