Srikanth and Sindhu will have a tough task taming their rivals in the tournament, going by their recent performances and head-to-head records.
Premier shuttlers P.V. Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth need to shrug off the disappointments of the last two weeks as they gear up for the highly-competitive HSBC BWF World Tour Finals, beginning here on January 27.
World champion and Olympic silver medallist Sindhu, who had won the prestigious title in 2018, has been clubbed in Group ‘B’ alongside top-ranked Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei and home favourites Ratchanok Intanon and Pornpawee Chochuwong.
Sindhu’s comeback to international badminton after the coronavirus-induced break was not as good as she would have expected. Sindhu, who has been training in London for the last few months, couldn’t go the distance after losing a close opening match in Thailand Open, the first of the Asia leg.
In the second event last week, Sindhu suffered a demoralising straight game defeat against…