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Badminton Asia Team Championship: India's two-time Olympic Games medallist P.V. Sindhu will return to action after a lengthy injury break when she steps onto the court against Kristy Gilmour of Scotland in the opening round of women's singles of the Malaysia Masters 2024 at the Axiata Arena on Wednesday.

Seeded fifth in the event Sindhu, who has won the Malaysia Masters in 2013 and 2016, will take on the World No. 22 from Scotland last played in the Badminton Asia Team Championship in February this year.

The 28-year-old Sindhu, who returned to action from a lengthy injury break, recently sat out of the Uber Cup and Thailand Open recently will be starting her preparations for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.