I have been working on my mental game: Sindhu

TIL Desk Sports/ Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu says losing close matches from advantageous position dealt a blow to her confidence and she is looking to overcome it by working on the mental aspect of her game.

Sindhu achieved unprecedented success in the last couple of years but she also suffered some heart-breaking losses in the finals of 2016 Rio Olympics, 2017 World Championship, 2017 Dubai Super Series Final and India Open this year.

“I have lost matches were I am leading. I know physically and mentally at times when you lose such matches it hits you, but we have to comeback stronger to ensure that it doesn’t happen again,” Sindhu said after ekeing out a thrilling win over Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara to enter the semi-finals of the All England Championship, in Birmingham, on Friday.

“I have been working on my mental game. My coaches have been telling me, because sometimes I find when I hit out or tap to the net, when you actually have to get points, I lose confidence and get nervous. So they tell me ‘let it be its over.’ I have been practising that and I think I am getting better,” she added.