After two silvers and two bronze medals, Sindhu finally fetched India its first ever World Championships gold in the sport but spent rest of the year struggling for form.
Sindhu, whose title defence lay in tatters after her second successive loss on Thursday, scripted an incredible turnaround after being 9-18 down in the opening game to eventually outwit Bingjiao 21-19 21-19 in minutes and finish third in the group.
China's Chen Yufei defeated PV Sindhu in a three-set thriller as the Indian's campaign at the BWF World Tour Finals is all but over.
PV Sindhu lost to Akane Yamaguchi 21-18, 18-21, 8-21 in her first game of the Group A game of the BWF World Tour Finals.
P V Sindhu was retained by Hyderabad Hunters for Rs 77 lakh in the auction. World number 1 Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei was also bought for the joint highest amount by defending champions Bengaluru Raptors.
Sindhu has fallen in the early stages at all tournaments except the French Open since winning her maiden World Championship title in August.
PV Sindhu defeated Korea's Kim Ga Eun 21-15, 21-16 in the first round of the Hong Kong Open while HS Prannoy beat China's Huan Yu Xiang 21-17, 21-17.
Gopichand also heaped praise on doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy who bagged the BWF Super 500 badminton tournament after they clinched the Thailand Open in August.
World No.6 Sindhu, who made early exits in China, Korea and Denmark, lost 13-21 21-18 19-21 to world No.42 Pai in a 74-minute women's singles match here.
Former world number one Srikanth was pitted against reigning two-time world championship and numero uno ranked Kento Momota of Japan in his opening round but he pulled out of the tournament.
The world number six Sindhu, who has been struggling of late, beat Li 21-15 21-13 in a match that last 44 minutes.
Despite bagging the World Championships title in August, Sindhu has been out-of-form as she has failed to cross the second round in three tournaments -- China Open, Korea Open and Denmark Open.
Indian shuttler PV Sindhu will be aiming to make a strong comeback in the French Open.
Fifth seed Sindhu, the Olympic silver medallist, lost 14-21 17-21 to the Korean in a 40-minute clash at the BWF World Tour Super 750 event.
Fifth seed Sindhu, who had made early exits in China and Korea, got back her bearing as she overcame former World Junior Champion Gregoria 22-20 21-18 in 38 minutes to keep her 5-0 record intact against the Indonesian.
After claiming the World title in August, Sindhu endured surprise first and second round exits at the China Open and Korea Open last month, respectively.
Ace shuttler PV Sindhu, who recently became the world champion, has insisted that a gold medal in Olympics 2020 in Tokyo remains her ultimate aim.
Indian badminton star PV Sindhu took the blessings of Durga Maa during the festivities and promised to return with laurels.
Indian shuttler PV Sindhu dropped to sixth position following poor outings in the China Open and Korea Open, but Parupalli Kashyap jumped to 25th position after the semifinal finish in Korea.
Beiwen Zhang scripted a comeback victory to knock PV Sindhu out of the Korea Open.
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