Injury puts paid to Sindhu’s hopes of vying for world title

PETALING JAYA: Indian top star P. V. Sindhu’s hopes of challenging for the world title has been dashed due to injury.

The 2019 world champion has confirmed via social media that she suffered a stress fracture en route to winning gold in the Birmingham Commonwealth Games and will skip the annual world meet from Aug 21-28 in Tokyo.

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