Can P.V. Sindhu rediscover her rhythm in Hangzhou?

Impeded by injury: The ankle stress fracture sustained during the gold medal run at the 2022 Commonwealth Games has hampered Sindhu’s on-court movement. | Photo credit: Getty Images

Mission Hangzhou: The strength of the field at the Asian Games makes it a difficult tournament to find form in. Sindhu, a silver medallist at Jakarta in 2018, will need to click quickly this time around. | Photo credit: Getty Images

Nothing in sport is as ubiquitous as failure. A goalkeeper fluffing a regulation save, a wicketkeeper dropping a straightforward catch, a long-jumper touching the ground beyond the take-off board — every such public failure is a humiliating fall in the mud.