Sindhu is too good a player, will bounce back soon: Gopichand

PV Sindhu is too good a player to lie low for a long time and she will bounce back strongly before Tokyo Olympics after making some adjustments in her game, national badminton coach Pulella Gopichand said here on Thursday.

Rio Olympic silver medallist Sindhu has exited in early sts of all tournaments, except French Open, since winning her maiden World Championship title in August.

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But she failed to defend her World Championship title in Guangzhou earlier this month, crashing out in group sts. Sindhu is currently sixth in world rankings ahead of compatriot Saina Nehwal (11th).

"She (Sindhu) is too good a player t to come good. We will turn it back, we need to make some changes and hopefully, we will get her back to winning ways soon," said Gopichand.  

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Gopichand is confident that a big badminton contingent will represent India in next year's Tokyo Olympics. He, however, stressed on need to prepare well for mega-event. 

"Well, I have said that we have had some t so good results. It's obvious, you need to buck up and get better. With Olympic qualification on and with almost eight of m in top 15 in men's singles, everybody thinks y have a chance," he said. 

He, however, lamented that with a packed international calendar in place, Indian shuttlers are hardly got any time to prepare for Olympics.

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"It is just ending up (playing) tournaments after tournaments and re is hardly any time for preparation," he said during launch of  'Badminton Gurukul', a joint initiative of Tata Group and TVS Logistics Group.

"Having said that, I think, sooner or later we will have to crack that and make sure that people get back on track and start preparing well. May-June-July will be key months for preparation and hopefully, we will have a big contingent (in Tokyo)," former All England champion added.

"Wher it is men single's, women's singles or men's doubles, especially with format in Olympics, whoever qualifies has a chance and will try and get as many medals possible."

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He also lavished praise on rising shuttler Lakshya Sen and men's doubles pair of Satviksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty.

"Lakshya's performance is great because he has done well to come up so quickly. With ranking system it is important that you get into top 30s as quickly as possible because n you get entries into big events. w with his ranking, he right up and he will get entry in All England. 

"I believe he belongs at that level and he is young, with confidence and strokes he has, it will be exciting to see his progress. He is doing right things," Gopichand said.