Tokyo Games: PV Sindhu Will Be Under Pressure In Olympics, Tough To Win Medal, Says Jwala Gutta

Tokyo Games: Jwala Gutta feels PV Sindhu lacks ample match practice to challenge for a medal in the upcoming Olympics.

Rio Games silver medallist PV Sindhu will be under a lot more pressure at the Tokyo Olympics and it will be tough to repeat her medal-winning performance given the lack of match practice in the run-up to the showpiece event, reckons former doubles player Jwala Gutta. All the focus was on London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal in the run-up to the Rio Games but it was Sindhu who stunned the world with her silver medal-winning feat five years back. However, this time Sindhu will carry a billion hopes as she remains one of the favourites to claim a medal at the delayed Tokyo Games, beginning July 23. "I hope that she gets a medal. There is definitely going to be more pressure than last time on Sindhu," Jwala said during a discussion on "Indian badminton Prospect" in bakstage app. "In Rio, the circumstances were completely different for Sindhu, now the situation has completely changed, the focus is more on her and it depends on her how she takes this pressure.