With Sindhu and Okuhara playing back-to-back finals, expectations are high that they might clash again at the Japan Super Series Premier next week.
The national badminton coach further says that they both share a very cordial and friendly relationship, which has been built over time.
PV Sindhu was the first Indian woman to win a silver medal at the quadrennial event in Rio.
Recalling the strenuous process of recovery post the surgery, Saina said she could get back into international badminton due to the support of her physios and coach Vimal Kumar.
Sindhu, who won her second World Championships medal in Glasgow, said the future of Indian badminton is in good hands.
P Gopichand also believes the scheduling of matches in the recent World Badminton Championship was an issue but the players need to get used to it.
The Indian shuttler went down fighting 19-21 22-20 20-22 to Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in a nail-biting summit clash of World Championship on Sunday that lasted for an hour and 50 minutes at Glasgow.
Saina Nehwal's father and PV Sindhu's mother had a surprise 'fan' waiting for them outside the World Badminton Championship venue.
Catch all the live scores and updates of the World Badminton Championships Women's singles final between India's PV Sindhu and Japan's Nozomi Okuhara here.
Despite winning the first game, former World number one Saina Nehwal lost a closely fought semi-final against Japan's Nozomi Okuhara at World Badminton Championships in Glasgow.
The shuttler's early exit proved to be one of the biggest upsets for the Indian contingent at the Olympics.
Nehwal will next play seventh seed Nozomi Okuhara of Japan, who knocked out two-time defending champion Spain's Carolina Marin in another match.
Srikanth never looked in the contention in the first game as the South Korean star outplayed him in every department.
Srikanth eased into the quarter-finals with yet another straight-game win over Denmark's Anders Antonsen in men's singles.
Saina is likely to take on second seed Sung Ji Hyun. The Indian has a 7-2 head-to-head record against the Korean and most recently beat her at the Australian Open in June.
India's ace shuttler P V Sindhu advanced to the pre-quarterfinals in the women's singles event, whereas, Sai Praneeth reaches round two in the men's singles of World Badminton Championships 2017 in Glasgow.
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