Nagoya, PV Sindhu is “hurting” after an agonising Asian Games exit but the pain has only reinforced her desire to achieve more, with the two-time Olympic medallist promising to work on the shortcomings and insisting that “one painful result cannot define a journey that means so much”.
“I had my chance. Sindhu lost to Chen 21–11, 18–21, 10–21.
Letting it slip hurts,” she said. Sindhu’s campaign ended in a quarterfinal defeat against Chen Yufei of China after she came within three points of closing out the match on Sunday.
From making her debut at the 2014 edition to returning for her fourth Games 12 years later, the Indian star said there was also reason to take pride in the journey she has made while representing the country. “Three matches in 18 hours. Back at 3 am, out again at 8:30 am.
“My team and I are already working on closing out those moments. It took a toll. “To everyone who stayed up, cheered and believed: I wanted those last three points for us, too. Thank you for standing beside me.
We will fix it,” she said. But after a camp that gave me every reason to believe, I wanted so much more,” she said. I’ll go again,” she said.
