With the All England Open coming to an end, here are a few takeaways from the tournament for India's key players who will next be in action at the Commonwealth Games, which begins on April 4.
Sindhu shines despite tough draw
Having not advanced past the quarter-finals in five previous tries at the tournament, Sindhu came within three points of advancing to the final before losing 18-21 in the deciding game to world No. 2 Akane Yamaguchi in the semi-finals.
What was most impressive about Sindhu was her vast reserves of stamina. Despite having spent a considerably more amount of time on court than Nozomi Okuhara and Akane Yamaguchi, she showed no signs of fatigue and fought till the very end.
Sindhu will be the top seed at in the women's singles at the Commonwealth Games and the grueling week at All England makes her the favourite to win Gold. She had won a bronze in the last edition and her toughest challenge this time round is likely to come from compatriot Saina Nehwal.
Injuries bring the best out of Prannoy
Like Sindhu, Prannoy achieved his best display in the tournament by making the quarter-finals despite coming back from an injury, which sidelined him for almost two months. In fact, he failed to capitalize on a match point in his quarter-final against Huang Yuxiang, and with it a chance to set up a mouthwatering clash against Lin Dan.
Prannoy has now made a habit of making strong comebacks after long injury layoffs. He had reached the semis of the Indonesia Open last year after three months on the sidelines, a tournament where he defeated Lee Chong Wei and Chen Long in consecutive matches.
Prannoy is likely to be seeded third at CWG behind Kidambi Srikanth and Lee Chong Wei, but will fancy his chances of joining the illustrious trio of Prakash Padukone, Syed Modi and Parupalli Kashyap as the only Indians to win the men's singles title at the quadrennial event. Prannoy won both his matches against Lee in 2017 and also defeated Srikanth in Nationals final.
Srikanth's underwhelms at a major tournament again
After an impressive 2017 in which he won four Superseries titles, Kidambi Srikanth flattered to deceive at the World Championships and World Superseries Finals in Dubai despite an easy draw at both tournaments. That trend continued at All England as the world No. 2 lost in the second round to Huang Yuxiang. For a player with his talent and strokes, it must be galling to fail at a major tournament yet again.
As was the case at the Worlds and in Dubai, Srikanth's loss was down to him being some way off his best rather than exceptional play by his opponents. With world No. 1 Viktor Axelsen missing the tournament with an injury, this was Srikanth's best chance to make a deep run and register a career-best display at the event.
With the likes of Lee and Prannoy also taking part in the Commonwealth Games, Srikanth will have to fight hard to finish on the podium.
Saina continues to struggle against the best
Saina lost in straight games in the opening round to world No.1 and defending champion Tai Tzu Ying. It was her eighth consecutive loss against Tai, with the Indian only managing to win three games in those eight matches.
The fact that Saina is no longer in the top 10 in the world rankings has meant that she has often had to meet one of the top eight players in the opening two rounds at the major tournaments. Since her injury at the Rio Olympics, her win-loss record against top eight players is a below par 8-11 and 4-8 against the top five.
However, she has showed signs of rejuvenation in 2018 by making the final of the Indonesia Masters.
Having won Gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, Saina can become the second woman after Helen Troke to win two women's singles titles in the tournament's history.
But with Sindhu, defending champion Michelle Li and 2014 runner-up Kirsty Gilmour all eyeing a spot on the podium, Saina will need to find top gear.