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The 23-year-old remains India's 'silver girl',
having lost finals at the Olympics, Commonwealth Games and two
world championships before Tuesday's Asian Games title showdown
defeat to world number one Tai Tzu-ying of Taiwan.
"I think it's not so easy to say but you need to work hard on
every stroke and every time you need to be positive and keep
going forward," she told reporters after going down 21-13 21-16
to Tai in a one-sided final.
"Matches like this might make you feel bad. You know a silver
medal makes you feel bad. But I think you keep learning a lot
more from your mistakes."
Sindhu has played in five other finals this year without winning
any of them.
"At the end of the day, we all love to win gold," India's
badminton head coach Pullela Gopichand said. "Sindhu would hope
she wins and people stop talking like this.
"But to come back from world championships and Asian Games with
silver is enough to be very proud. The skeptics are always
there, and they say what they have to."
Gopichand also coaches former world number one Saina Nehwal, who
won bronze in the women's singles after going down to Tai in the
semi-finals.
The 44-year-old former All England champion was confident that
Sindhu would return a stronger player.
"There is a physical side to recovery, and then there is a
mental side to it," Gopichand said. "After a loss, you should
not think about either the match you have played or about what
happens tomorrow.
"As a top athlete, it's fundamental to keep forgetting things
and moving on. The players have routines in pre-match
preparation. If you are involved in them and are in the present
moment, it will take care of the emotional recovery."
(Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly; Editing by John O'Brien)
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