The 26-year-old had won a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics after losing to Carolina Marin in the final of the women's singles. The win was the pinnacle moment of her career. Sindhu later won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 after defeating He Bing Jiao in the third-place match. As of latest, Sindhu got knocked out in the quarterfinals of Malaysia Open 2022.

Sindhu claimed her first Indian Open title in 2017 after defeating Carolina Marin in straight games. She later won a gold medal in the BWF World Championship in 2019 by defeating Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in a one-sided final which lasted for just 36 minutes. She rose to new stardom as she remains the only Indian to win the BWF World Championship title.

Sindhu rose to limelight after she broke into the top 20 of the Badminton World Federation rankings in 2012.