I had asked Sindhu for this gift: Dad

Sindhu with her bronze medal. Pics/AFP; (right) PV Ramana

PV Sindhu needed an extra dose of motivation following her semi-final loss at the Tokyo Games and that came from her father PV Ramana whose wish for a "gift" was duly fulfilled by his world-conquering daughter.

Ramana revealed on Sunday that he had to motivate her to concentrate on her match against China's Bing Jiao in the bronze medal play-off as she was sad after losing her semi-final to Tai Tzu Ying.

"I told her, ‘concentrate today. Think that you are giving me a gift and play'," Ramana told reporters here.

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