India, Jan. 12 -- Though she was tired after a heavy training session with Malvika Bansod and Tanvi Sharma in the morning, PV Sindhu was glowing with a certain sense of excitement here on Monday.

It was in September that the badminton ace rolled her toe and foot while training, tearing a ligament which took her out of the circuit for three-and-a-half months. But last week, she made an impressive comeback, reaching the women's singles semi-finals of Malaysia Open - an elite Super 1000 event.

Now she is eager to hit the courts at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium for the India Open, a competition which she won nine years back, to get into a season where she is not just looking to re-enter the top 10 in the world (last was in October 2023) ...