India's superstar shuttler PV Sindhu had a wry smile, but couldn’t hide her disappointment at Calgary’s Chennai Spices restaurant on Saturday night, moments after losing her Canada Open semi-final to Japan’s World No. 1 Akane Yamaguchi. The Hyderabadi shuttler, who went down 14-21, 15-21 in the penultimate round of the Super 500 event, was there for some South Indian fare. 

Good food is a great comforter and for an athlete like Sindhu, 28, who travels the world so frequently, an Indian meal can be the perfect healer. Former Mumbai resident Jiffin Joseph, 44, who recently migrated to Canada and is a badminton enthusiast, was at the restaurant too.