Carolina Marín
Sindhu reaching her first final in over 18 months, at the Swiss Open, she suffered a demoralising defeat against Carolina Marín, losing 12–21, 5–21. She then was defeated by Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand in the semifinals of the All England Open in straight game losing out in 17–21, 9-21. In May, she was elected as one of the two ambassadors from badminton in the International Olympic Committee's campaign ‘Believe in Sport’ aimed at preventing competition manipulation in the sport.