Badminton News: Continuing to drop in the world rankings will be a concern for any top player, but PV Sindhu remains calm and takes it as a challenge.

India’s women’s singles badminton, who are ranked No. 1. 7 before suffering a broken left leg at the Commonwealth Games last August, falling to 13th in the final BWF rankings this week.

PV Sindhu only returned to competition at the Malaysian Open in January and has been trying to regain his peak form ever since.

The 2019 world champion’s best performance since his return was at the Spanish Masters last month where he finished second.

“Obviously I wanted to be on top, but due to injury I couldn’t play for five months and my ranking dropped,” Sindhu said.

“It’s never easy to come back from an injury, but I have to accept that injuries can happen and I have to be patient and keep believing in myself. I can’t expect to win a tournament straight away after coming back from injury. I need time to find my rhythm,” he said.

“I’m sure that if I play well, my ranking will automatically increase. So I just want to focus on every game and make sure I do well.”

Yesterday, PV Sindhu qualified for the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Masters after defeating Japanese world number 28 Aya Ohori 21-16 21-11 at Axiata Arena.

The 27-year-old was thrilled with an outright victory after having to work hard to beat Danish world number 33 Christophersen Line 21-13, 17-21, 21-18 the day before.

“Tuesday my performance was a bit stiff. Today (yesterday) was better because I’m used to the conditions on the pitch and I’m happy to win. I’m taking one game at a time here,” added Sindhu, who will face Chinese world number 18 Zhang Yiman in today’s last eight.

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