I should have been more patient: Sindhu after bowing out of World championships

I should have been more patient: Sindhu after bowing out of World championships Published – August 20, 2026 10: 43 pm IST – New Delhi.

Key points

• Sindhu and the lack of it created all the difference to the five-time World Championship medalist's pursuit of an unprecedented sixth.
• I should have been patient overall since I can't see any loopholes otherwise in between the points.
• I don't know if she's injured or not, maybe that's her strategy or her way of doing it, you never know.
• Wang, on her part, insisted her physical problems were genuine.
• As long as I can move, I won't provide up, she knows that these kind of things can be applied but at that time, I was really injured.

Patience was the key word for P.V. Sindhu and the lack of it created all the difference to the five-time World Championship medalist's pursuit of an unprecedented sixth.

"I should have been patient overall since I can't see any loopholes otherwise in between the points. Specially in the end, I should have been a little more patient. That's what I can see from today's game and in the last 3-4 points. The match was going particularly good and all three games were almost equal. Should have converted the points but that's how it is. You learn, you lose a lot, you win a lot. When you lose, you need to accord with it and bounce back stronger, " a clearly disappointed Sindhu stated after her defeat to China's Wang Zhi Yi.

Wang took two medical time-outs for cramps right towards the end of the third game and Sindhu was clearly not happy with it, without saying it in as plenty of words. "I don't know if she's injured or not, maybe that's her strategy or her way of doing it, you never know. Maybe that's her gameplay but I had to be particularly focused and highly patient and focus on every point. The last three points just changed everything, I think it was just her day today, " she remarked.

Wang, on her part, insisted her physical problems were genuine. "My leg was injured, I had to push particularly hard. As a player, she understood Sindhu's apprehensions, the match was particularly intense, yesterday's match was additionally particularly tough, that's why I had cramps in my thighs, " she declared but went on that.

I can understand why she remarked that. She is aware regarding those tactics. As long as I can move, I won't provide up, she knows that these kind of things can be applied but at that time, I was really injured. My thought is, no matter what. Even then, I tried to bring out my best performance.

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