World champion shuttler P V Sindhu on Thursday said she will pick and choose tournaments to stay fit ahead of next year’s Tokyo Olympics.
The Olympic qualification period started on April 29 with the Badminton World Federation (BWF) considering the rankings list published on April 30, 2020, to allocate spots.
Since last year, the BWF has also made it compulsory for the world’s top 15 players in the singles events and top 10 pairs in the doubles disciplines to play a minimum of 12 out of 15 tournaments of the World Tour or face a penalty.
“Since it's the Olympics year, each and every tournament is important. You need to be mentally and physically fit and maintain your fitness levels and give your 100 per cent in every tournament,” Sindhu said. “Definitely, I will choose tournaments since you have to be injury-free and give 100 per cent which is very important...” she added.
The 24-year-old Hyderabad shuttler became the first Indian to be crowned world champion when she defeated Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in August.