{"id":25636,"date":"2016-10-17T10:52:06","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T10:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/?p=25636"},"modified":"2016-10-17T10:53:41","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T10:53:41","slug":"world-looks-silver-sindhu-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/world-looks-silver-sindhu-now\/","title":{"rendered":"The world looks at Silver Sindhu now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The sixth-seeded Indian Sindhu from Hyderabad will open her campaign against China\u2019s He Bingjiao on Wednesday. Sindhu has been clubbed in the second half of the draw where she might face the likes of second seed Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand, Korean fourth seed Sung Ji Hyun and the tricky Chinese Taipei girl Tai Tzu Ying, seeded fifth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With Saina Nehwal recovering from a knee injury that spoilt her Olympic campaign, all eyes will be on Sindhu and the Indian is aware of the expectations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cOlympics has given me a lot of confidence and with the same confidence I hope I would go further. Responsibilities will always be high from now on. It\u2019s just that I shouldn\u2019t take much of pressure and play my game. I just want to go to the court and give my 100 per cent,\u201d said Sindhu, who has a 1\u20143 head\u2014to\u2014head record against Bingjiao.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25638\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/pv-sindhu-m.jpg\" alt=\"pv-sindhu\" width=\"759\" height=\"422\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The girl from Hyderabad, who made India and Particularly Telangana proud won two bronze medals at the World Championships, defeated three top players en route to her silver medal but interestingly her best performance at any Super Series tournament has been a runners-up finish at Denmark Open last year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the men\u2019s singles competitions, Ajay Jayaram will look to continue his good run after a final finish at the Dutch Open Grand Prix yesterday. The 29-year-old will start his campaign against Thailand\u2019s Boonsak Ponsana.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25639\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/headings_7129_20233.jpeg\" alt=\"sindhu\" width=\"620\" height=\"376\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While Rio Olympics quarter-finalist K Srikanth will be missing in action due to an ankle injury, other Indians such as Sai Praneeth B, H S Prannoy and P Kashyap will be competing in a tough field.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">B Sai Praneeth will face Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk of Thailand, while Prannoy will take on a qualifier in the opening round on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Commonwealth Games champion Kashyap, who is on a comeback trail, will face off Raul Must of Estonia. The Indian had lost to Raul last week at Dutch Open Grand Prix and would look to settle the scores this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sixth-seeded Indian Sindhu from Hyderabad will open her campaign against China\u2019s He Bingjiao on Wednesday. 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