The contract with her former coach, Indonesian Agus Dwi Santoso, expired after the Paris Olympics, thus Indian badminton sensation PV Sindhu has hired Anup Sridhar to teach her for the remainder of the season. At Hyderabad's Gachibowli Stadium, Anup has been training the two-time Olympic medallist since the beginning of September. The former world champion will also travel with Sindhu when she resumes her BWF World Tour campaign. She will play in her first event after the Olympics, the $420,000 Arctic Open in Vantaa, Finland, from October 8–13. She will then compete in the $850,000 Denmark Open in Odense.
"Her team called me," I received. We began training at the beginning of this month and had talks. We'll see how it turns out. Anup, who was Lakshya Sen's coach in the past, told Hindustan Times that the initial strategy is to see what the team can do together for the rest of the season. The season will conclude with three lower-level contests in India in November and a few Asian tournaments after the European swing in October."Sindhu is confident, playing well, and prepared for the upcoming tournaments." We need to address a few issues and will evaluate the situation over time, Anup continued. Throughout the most recent Olympic cycle, Sindhu's coaches have frequently changed. Early in 2023, South Korean coach Park Tae Sang and the five-time World Championship medallist Sindhu split ways after helping the latter earn bronze at the Olympics in Tokyo.
Following several months of travel with SAI coach Vidhi Chaudhary, Sindhu selected former All England champion Muhammad Hafiz Hashim as her new coach. However, the collaboration was short-lived when Sindhu relocated to Bengaluru to receive training under Prakash Padukone. Agus Dwi Santoso was subsequently brought in by Padukone's academy PPBA to mentor Sindhu until the Olympics, when she was eliminated in the Round of 16, failing to secure a medal for her third consecutive Games. "Anup is a well-respected instructor who has won the Arjuna award. According to Sindhu's father PV Ramana, they will evaluate one another and see how things work out, Hindustan Times said. "This is only a short-term solution. After the European season concludes in November, we will make a decision on a long-term coach.
