Singapore: On Tuesday,  Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu will look to shrug off the disappointment of her recent early exits when she spearheads Indian challenge at the USD 355,000 Singapore Open, starting here. Sindhu, who had claimed the BWF World Tour Finals in December last year, has looked off-colour in the last few weeks. To be noted that She made a first-round exit at the All England Championship and lost in the second round of Malaysia Open, losing to Korea's Sung Ji Hyun on both occasions. She had entered the semifinals at India Open but went down to He Bingjiao of China despite holding the advantage in the first game.

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Here it is to be noted that with hardly any time to make changes on the game or work on weaknesses considering the back-to-back tournaments in the BWF calendar, it will be a challenge for fourth seed Sindhu to get to her best. She begins her campaign against Indonesia's Lyanny Alessandra Mainaky. Saina Nehwal is the only Indian to claim a title this season with the 29-year-old from Hyderabad securing the crown at the Indonesia Masters following the injury of Carolina Marin of Spain in the finals.

However it is worth mention here that she also entered the quarterfinals at the All England Championship after battling through a pancreas infection. However, the Indian needed hospitalisation to treat the problem and had to skip the Swiss Open and India Open to give herself time to recover. hochuwong.  The sixth-seeded Indian will now have to be careful when she plays a fast-rising Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt of Denmark in the opening round here.Last week, Kidambi Srikanth was the best-placed Indian at Kuala Lumpur as he finished at the quarterfinals after losing to Olympic champion Chen Long. The 26-year-old from Guntur had broken a 17-month drought by reaching the finals of a BWF event at India Open. This week, sixth seed Srikanth will continue his quest to break his title jinx when he begins his campaign against a qualifier at BWF World Tour Super 500 event.

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