Sindhu pulls out of Uber Cup

New Delhi: World champion PV Sindhu has pulled out of next month’s Thomas and Uber Cup Finals due to “personal reasons” and could also miss the subsequent Super 750 tournaments in Denmark.
The Thomas and Uber Cup Finals, scheduled to be held from October 3 to 11 in Aarhus, Denmark is the first tournament in the revised calender, which was launched by the sport’s governing body BWF last week.
“Sindhu will not be able to participate in the Thomas and Uber Cup Finals due to some personal reasons,” the Olympic silver-medallist’s father P V Ramana told PTI. “She has some personal work, so unfortunately she will have to skip the event. We have informed the Badminton Association of India about her decision,” he added. The Thomas and Uber Cup Finals will be followed by the Denmark Open I (October 13-18) and Denmark Masters (October 20-25).
An Olympic hopeful, Sindhu, who has been training at the national badminton camp in Hyderabad, had been planning to participate in the prestigious tournament.
Asked if she would be participating in the two 750 events in Denmark, Ramana said: “Actually that is also (in doubt) … it depends on her personal work. (PTI)