P.V. Sindhu rues lack of patience; Wang insists medical timeouts were genuine in World Championship RO16

“(I) should have converted the points, but that’s how it is. You learn, you lose a lot, you win a lot. When you lose, you need to deal with it and bounce back stronger,” PV Sindhu said after the match. | Photo Credit: PTI

Patience was the key word for P.V. Sindhu, and the lack of it made all the difference to the five-time World Championship medallist’s pursuit of an unprecedented sixth.

“I should have been patient overall because I can’t see any loopholes otherwise in between the points. Especially in the end, I should have been a little more patient,” a clearly disappointed Sindhu said after her defeat to China’s Wang Zhi Yi.

“That’s what I can see from today’s game and in the last 3-4 points. The match was going very well, and all three games were almost equal. (I) should have converted the points, but that’s how it is. You learn, you lose a lot, you win a lot. When you lose, you need to deal with it and bounce back stronger.”

Wang took two medical time-outs for cramps right towards the end of the third game, and Sindhu was clearly not happy with it, without saying it in as many words.

“I don’t know if she’s injured or not; maybe that’s her strategy or her way of doing it, you never know. Maybe that’s her gameplay, but I had to be very focused and very patient and focus on every point. The last three points just changed everything; I think it was just her day today,” she said.

Wang, on her part, insisted her physical issues were genuine.

“My leg was injured; I had to push very hard. The match was very intense; yesterday’s match was also very tough, that’s why I had cramps in my thighs,” she said, but added that, as a player, she understood Sindhu’s apprehensions.

“I can understand why she said that. She is aware of those tactics. She knows that these kinds of things can be used, but at that time, I was really injured. My thought is, no matter what, as long as I can move, I won’t give up. Even then, I tried to bring out my best performance.”

Published on Aug 20, 2026

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