Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth among non-movers in latest BWF rankings
Indian shuttlers, Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy have retained their spots in the latest Badminton World Federation rankings released this week. Sindhu has stayed put at number 3 while her compatriot Nehwal remained on 10th in the women’s singles category.
Sindhu made it to the finals last week at the Thailand Open where she lost to the World Champion Nozomi Okuhara, who jumped two spots to 6th. Meanwhile, Nehwal had decided to skip the tournament, presumably to prepare for the upcoming World Championships. 16-year-old, Vaishnavi Jakka Reddy achieved a career-best ranking of 50 by climbing up four spots while Ruthvika Shivani Gadde rose two places to 90th post her return to action in Singapore this week. Amongst the biggest movers was the 19-year-old, Sai Uttejitha Rao who jumped from 128th to 115th.
In the men’s singles category, Kidambi Srikanth and H.S. Prannoy retained their 5th and 11th spots respectively. Parupalli Kashyap, who reached the pre-quarters of Thailand Open last week, climbed up to 48th. Sameer Verma, B. Sai Praneeth, Subhankar Dey and Lakshya Sen were among players who dropped down the table to 19th, 25th, 67th and 76th respectively.
In men’s doubles, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty dropped to 22nd while
