Saina Nehwal jumps two spots in World rankings; Sindhu holds No. 10
Riding on her Australian Open win, Saina Nehwal began the long climb back to the top after injury with a two-spot jump to sixth in the latest BWF World rankings. PV Sindhu held on to her top-ten spot, while Kidambi Srikanth moved to 11th in the men's rankings after the semifinal finish at Sydney.
Saina, who had slipped to No. 8 from No.2 in the first half of the year, finally seemed to have found her game at the Australian Open last week. Defeating in-form Ratchanok Intanon and Wang Yihan along the way, she played an aggressive game to lift the title. The win has taken her to the No. 6 spot
PV Sindhu, who has had an indifferent season, managed to maintain her No. 10 ranking.
In the men's rankings, Kidambi Srikanth moved up two places although he is yet to taste reasonable success on the court. Ajay Jayaram, who had decided to give the Australian Open the
Lee Chong Wei, who took over the No. 1 spot from Chen Long last week, kept the spot with Chen Long in the second. Chong Wei's rapid ascent after the return from a doping ban should temper the Olympic Gold hopes of quite a few in the fray.
In the men's doubles rankings, Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy slipped down one place to the World No. 21 spot, while the women's doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa also dropped down to World No. 16.
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