PV Sindhus coach Pullela Gopichand has sought to temper expectations as she returns to the international circuit at the Denmark Open. The last couple of months have been a blizzard of felicitation functions after her sparkling silver winning run at the Rio Olympics and Gopi says that while they did the best they could on the training court, it would be unrealistic to expect Sindhu to replicate her Olympic success as soon as she returns to competitive play.We peaked for the Olympics, the entire training was done in such a way that we were geared for the Olympics, Gopi told ESPN. So I dont think it is possible that we can play at the same level again a month or two months afterwards. Having said that we have worked hard, she has put in a lot of effort and is motivated and that has helped in her training. Shes always had training on her mind, all the time. We have managed to sneak in days of training which were important. Overall I am happy with the way she has reacted to the last month and a half.On her way to silver at Rio, Sindhu defeated three higher ranked players before succumbing to world No. 1 Carolina Marin in a thrilling three-game final. She has now risen to a career-high ranking of eight. However, Sindhu is yet to win a Super Series title, the elite tournaments on the badminton circuit. Her best result: making the final at the Denmark Open itself last year.Gopi is unconcerned by talk that Sindhu must break the drought to be counted among the games elite players. It is different benchmarks for different people, he said. She has got medals at the biggest stage such as the World Championships and Olympics. The colour of the medal could have been better is what we can say but really at the highest stage, where it mattered, she has delivered and done so multiple times. She is still only 21. At this stage, with the kind of CV she has, theres no need to panic or think of it on those lines.Gopi admits that Sindhus surge to the podium at Rio has alerted the world to her enormous potential and she can now expect opponents to be analyse and prepare for her with much greater alacrity. He says this is normal and expected and will test Sindhus resolve to improve all aspects of her game.Every area needs to be worked on, he said. At this level people read your game pretty quickly. Unless you evolve, adapt and move with the times, I dont think continuous results are possible.He said the last couple of months have been great in terms of the adulation Sindhu has got and she has loved every bit of it, Im sure. There will be lots of expectations when she gets there and it will be there at the back of her mind. But she will have to get back. It is a learning curve, she can steady herself. I am not really too concerned about the outcome till the time she follows the basics correctly and does the right things. She has worked hard, shes motivated and shes on the right track. Whether the results come now or later, as a coach I am okay with it.Sindhu opens her campaign against world No. 11 He Bingjiao on Wednesday, exactly two months from the day she secured silver at Rio. She travels to the French Open next week before returning to India to continue training under Gopi, who has decided not to travel to these two tournaments. Fake Jerseys . Louis Cardinals. Victorino is batting sixth and playing right field after missing two games because of back tightness. Fake NHL Jerseys . Kuznetsov, who was selected by the Capitals in the first round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, has been playing for his hometown team Chelyabinsk Traktor of the KHL. https://www.fakejerseys.us.com/ . -- Sergey Tolchinksy scored his second goal of the game 3:56 into overtime as the Sault Ste. 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