The distance PV Sindhu travelled to achieve success in 2017: In numbers

Ahead of the World Championships beginning in Nanjing, China, next month, India’s shuttlers PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth are all gearing up for the big challenge.

The World Championships will also be used as a medium of warming up for the big Asian Games, starting August 18 in Indonesia.

The sport of badminton has taken a flight to next level ever since the likes of Nehwal and Sindhu have brought medals for the country.

After Nehwal became India’s first Olympic medalist in badminton, Sindhu went one step ahead by becoming India’s first women, irrespective of the sport, to clinch a silver medal at the Games.

Ever since Sindhu lost the Rio final to Carolina Marin, she has continued to struggle in the major finals. In 2017, she lost two out of the five finals she had played and in 2018, her situation has been bad in comparison to last year.

In 2018, she has lost all the three finals she has played so far. With World Championships and Asian Games coming up next, Sindhu might want to introspect that.

In an interesting stat, All England Open have come up with the total mileage Sindhu had travelled in 2017:

With the World Championships starting in Nanjing next week, take a look at the mileage PV Sindhu travelled in 2017!#highflyer pic.twitter.com/aQAytCKBxu

— Yonex All England (@YonexAllEngland) July 26, 2018

Speaking about her series of poor finals, Sindhu said, “I know sometimes I have been losing in the finals. See there are always negatives and positives. When you lose in the quarterfinals or semifinals, you actually learn a lot from those mistakes. You play well but sometimes you can't get through it.

"It doesn't bother me, because coming to the finals is the next best thing to winning, I mean losing in the first and second round is much worse, reaching the finals means anything can happen," added the Hyderabadi.

The 23-year-old youngster will be leaving with the Indian team on Saturday for the World Championship in Nanjing, China beginning on July 30.