NEW DELHI, Apr 3: Ace shuttler PV Sindhu dropped a place to No 10 in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) women’s singles rankings released today.
The 2011 World Championship bronze medallist, who yesterday lost to Chinese World No 3 Shixian Wang in the opener of the ongoing US 250,000 dollar India Open Super Series entered the tournament at the 9th spot.
London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal, on the other hand, retained her No 8 position. Nehwal sailed into the second round after the Hyderabadi eased past Austrian Simone Prutsch 21-7, 21-9 in 25 minutes to enter the pre-quarters where she will take on Thai Natcha Saengchot in their first ever match. Parupalli Kashyap has risen to a place to No 23 to once again become India’s highest ranked men’s singles shuttler as Kidambi Srikanth’s dismal performances at the All-England, Swiss Open and India Open saw him drop three places to No 25. In the India Open, Kashyap struck prime form to cause an upset by beating Chinese sixth seed Zhengming Wang 21-12, 17-21, 21-12 to enter the pre-quarters.
Kashyap will now take on friend and compatriot RMV Gurusaidutt, who edged past Chinese Taipei’s World No 25 Tien Chen Chou 17-21, 21-16, 21-17.
Srikanth, on the other hand, lost to World No 21 Takuma Ueda of Japan in the opener. (UNI)
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