 "PV Sindhu pulls out of 2025 Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships due to hamstring niggle")
Star Indian shuttler PV Sindhu has withdrawn from the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships in China due to a hamstring injury. Sindhu said on social media that she picked up a niggle in her hamstring while training in Guwahati on 4 February.
The Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships is scheduled to take place in Qingdao, China from 11 to 16 February. “Hi everyone, It is with a heavy heart that I share I won’t be traveling with the team for BAMTC 2025. While training on the 4th in Guwahati, I felt a twinge in my hamstring. Despite my efforts to push through with heavy taping for our country, an MRI has revealed that my recovery will take slightly longer than I initially expected,” Sindhu wrote on “X”, formerly Twitter.
Hi everyone,
— Pvsindhu (@Pvsindhu1) February 9, 2025
It is with a heavy heart that I share I won’t be traveling with the team for BAMTC 2025. While training on the 4th in Guwahati, I felt a twinge in my hamstring. Despite my efforts to push through with heavy taping for our country, an MRI has revealed that my…
“Wishing the team all the very best. I will be cheering from the sidelines,” she added. PV Sindhu was part of the Indian team that won bronze in the 2023 Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships.
Sindhu had won the 2024 Syed Modi International title last December, thus ending her two-year wait for a BWF Tour title. She defeated Wu Luo Yu of China 21-14, 21-16 in the final.
The India men’s squad for the 2025 Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships comprises of Laksha Sen, HS Prannoy, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, MR Arjun, Sathish Kumar K and Dhruv Kapila. The women’s team, on the other hand, has Malvika Bansod, Gayatri Gopichand, Treesa Jolly, Tanisa Castro, Ashwini Ponappa and Adya Variyath.
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