It wasn’t a comeback that many backed PV Sindhu in. But defying all doom-declarations, the 31-year-old former World champion and twice Olympic medallist, has gone on to win a top tier Super 750 title at Japan Open. After she had ensured that Akane Yamaguchi’s shuttle had indeed dropped out on the last point for a symmetric 21-17, 21-17 win, Sindhu was on her knees, face in hands, letting tears flow. It was a release from many pronouncements – whispered and whinnied on social media, announcing she should be done with it. “I had tears in my eyes because it was important for me to win,” Sindhu told BWF. “I was really really focusing hard and working hard on myself. I kept believing i can do it. Lot of people were like what’s happening? Is it done? Or whatever it is. Still I believed in myself and my family and my coaches,” Sindhu said. Thanking her set of coaches – Irwansyah chiefly, and trainers and physios, she thanked her circle that had stood by her decision …