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India’s top ranked men’s singles player Parupalli Kashyap retained his last week’s world number 11 ranking in the in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released on Thursday.
Kashyap had crashed out in the first round of the Yonex Sunrise Indian Open to former world number one Taufiq Hidayat in an absorbing three-game affair. Kashyap’s best recent performance has been a quarterfinal finish in the prestigious All England Badminton Championships.
Among the other Indian men, RMV Gurusaidutt retained their last week’s ranking of 27 to continue to be the second highest ranked men’s singles player after Kashyap. Ajay Jayaram and Sourabh Varma also retained their last week’s ranking of 30 and 36 respectively.
Anand Pawar, who reached the semifinal of the Yonex Indian Open, where he lost to Japan’s Kenchi Tago, jumped one spot to be placed 43rd. Pawar had earlier reached the third round of the Yonex Australian Open.
K Srikanth, who shocked Jan O Jorgensen in the first round of the Yonex Indian Open, maintained his 47th ranking. B Sai Praneeth fell one spot to occupy the 57th place.
HS Pranoy, who grabbed the eyeballs when he reached the semifinals of the Polish Open, and later made it to the quarterfinals of the Indian Open, managed to cling on to his 67th ranking. Arvind Bhat climbed two spots to be placed 70th.
Old warhorse Chetan Anand, who once reached a career-high ranking of 14, advanced five spots to be ranked 83rd. Anup Sridhar also moved up two places to be ranked 102nd.
In the women’s section, badminton icon Saina Nehwal continues to cling on to her world number two ranking in the women’s singles category.
PV Sindhu, who won her maiden senior singles crown – the Yonex Malaysian Open – retained her last week’s number 13 ranking.
Arundhati Pantawane, whose best performance this year has been a semifinal finish at the recent Polish Open, advanced one spot to be ranked 77th. PC Thulsai, another semifinalist at the Polish Open moved up two places to be 87th.
Tanvi Lad, who made it to the quarterfinals of the Polish Open, slipped five places to be 85th. Sayali Gokhale continues to cling on to her last week’s ranking of 100.
Saili Rane climbed two places to be ranked 106th, while Sarada Jasti also advanced two slots to be ranked 116th..
