BWF World Championships: PV Sindhu Eyes Title Defence
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PV Sindhu will look to be at her best on the big stage when she begins her title defence at the BWF World Championships beginning in Spain on Sunday.
India's two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu will look to be at her best on the big stage when she begins her title defence at the BWF World Championships beginning in Spain on Sunday. Sindhu has been in impressive form as she claimed her second silver medal at the season-ending BWF World Tour Finals after three successive semi-final finishes at French open, Indonesia Masters and Indonesia Open. The 26-year-old from Hyderabad will now look to cap the season with a successful defence of her maiden World Championship title, which she had claimed two years ago in Basel, Switzerland.
The tournament has lost a lot of sheen with the withdrawals of the entire Indonesian contingent and other elite players such as two-time winner Kento Momota.
The women's singles field also has been left depleted after the withdrawal of three-time champion Carolina Marin and 2017 winner Nozomi Okuhara.
It will also be the first time in her career that London Olympics bronze medallist and 2015 silver medallist Saina Nehwal will miss the World Championships due to multiple injuries.
While Sindhu will fancy her chances, retaining the title will still be a tricky affair as she still has to face the likes of ninth-seeded Thai Pornpawee Chochuwong, top seed Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei and Korea's teen sensation An Seyoung.
