Akane Yamaguchi
Sindhu was seeded 6th in the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games. She won both of her group matches against Israel's Ksenia Polikarpova and Hong Kong China's representative Cheung Ngan Yi to progress towards the knockout stage. She defeated Mia Blichfeldt in round of sixteen and reached the quarterfinals. She displayed a dominating display to outmanoeuvre Akane Yamaguchi 21–13, 22–20, placing herself in last four stage. Her opponent for semifinal was second seed Tai Tzu-ying. Sindhu, who was yet to drop a game in the tournament fell against Taiwan's player in two straight games 18–21, 12–21. She later won against He Bingjiao of China in playoff to clinch bronze medal and thereby becoming only the fourth player in Women's singles badminton to claim two medals at the two consecutive Olympic games.