PV Sindhu brings in Anup Sridhar as coach for European swing, says her father Ramana

Former Olympian, and chap gangly player, Anup Sridhar, who had a promising albeit abbreviated stint coaching Lakshya Sen, volition travel Sindhu to the European plaything – Arctic Open followed by Denmark Open (October 15-20) – connected a trial-basis. “We are looking for a caller manager with Agus’s declaration ending. We are keen to spot however a concern with Anup Sridhar works out, and were looking astatine 4-5 names going forward. Anup volition question to Finland and volition bid her successful Hyderabad successful coming days,” Ramana said.

Names similar Korean Park Tae-sang were besides successful consideration. “It’s not similar they parted ways aft a fight. It’s conscionable that some maine and Sindhu felt the concern wasn’t moving retired and yielding results,” helium said.

Sindhu’s injuries and piling losses since clinching golden astatine the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2 years agone has been a worrying factor. (Express archive)

Sindhu was presently undergoing fittingness enactment astatine the ‘Track’ facility, and has secured the Gachibowli stadium for further grooming slots. Most of the adjacent 2 months though volition impact travelling for tournaments, arsenic the European plaything volition beryllium followed by Korea, Kumamoto and China Masters (from November 5 to 24). “I judge she tin proceed for long, if determination are nary injuries. But I person to look astatine her matrimony proposals also. But I person told her she indispensable proceed playing due to the fact that she can,” Ramana said.

Sindhu has struggled to prime the large titles connected the circuit, arsenic her crippled slowed down considerably and dropped beneath superior elite contention. But her begetter reckons she is inactive motivated to spell onto the Asian Games successful Japan successful 2 years time. Sindhu won metallic astatine 2018 Jakarta, successful her champion performance.

India’s hunt for the aboriginal of women’s singles continues, and determination person been encouraging signs with Anmol Kharb winning smaller titles successful backmost to backmost weeks, and Malvika Bansod making China Open quarters. “Sindhu has thing near to prove, but she inactive thinks she tin purpose astatine Asian Games,” Ramana said.