Badminton: PV Sindhu hopeful of playing in Thailand despite increasing travel restrictions from UK
The Indian shuttler has been training in London for the last two months and is scheduled to play her first tournament since the break in Thailand. FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP
Unfazed by the worsening Covid-19 situation in England where she is training right now, world champion shuttler PV Sindhu on Tuesday told PTI that she remains hopeful of travelling to Thailand for tournaments in January despite countries increasingly banning flights from the UK.
Sindhu, who has qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, has been training in London for the last two months and is scheduled to play her first tournament since the break in Thailand. She will have to be in Bangkok by January 3 to compete in the two Super 1000 events (January 12 to 17 and January 19 to 24).
PV Sindhu, training in UK, confident of resuming competitive action in Thailand despite increasing travel restrictions India Today Web Desk
It was earlier in October that star shuttler PV Sindhu announced quitting the national camp and training in UK ahead of the Tokyo Olympics next year. While former No.1 badminton player Kidambi Srikanth resumed play in October in the Denmark Open, PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal will return to action, for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak, in January.
But Sindhu, who is in the UK, is amid the travel restrictions in the country after several nations, including India, have imposed travel bans because of a new mutant virus. However, the 25-year-old, who last competed in March in the All England Championship, is confident of playing in Thailand next month.