Good Draw In Tokyo Olympics Group Stage, But Not Going To Be Easy: PV Sindhu

PV Sindhu has been drawn with Hong Kong's Cheung Ngan Yi and Israel's Ksenia Polikarpova in the Tokyo Olympics group stage.

A strong medal contender at the Tokyo Games, ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu on Friday admitted that she has got a favourable draw but insisted that she has to be on top of her game since no match will be easy at the Olympic level. Reigning world champion and Rio Games silver medallist, Sindhu has been drawn with Hong Kong's Cheung Ngan Yi (ranked 34th) and Israel's Ksenia Polikarpova (ranked 58th) in Group J of the women's singles event. "It's a good draw in the group stage. Hong Kong girl plays well and it's going to be a good match," Sindhu, who is world number seven, said in a release issued by Badminton Association of India (BAI). "Everybody is going to be in top form, I hope I do well. Every match is important so I will take match by match. This is Olympics and it is not going to be easy, each point is very important," said the sixth seed. Sindhu has an all-win record against her group stage opponents Ngan Yi and Polikarpova in the five and two encounters played so far against them respectively.