Saina Nehwal, P.V. Sindh retain rankings

Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu retained their women’s singles rankings in the list released by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Thursday.

Saina is currently at No.2 while Sindhu, with her win in Malaysia last week, stayed put at 13th.

Parupalli Kashyap is the highest ranked Indian male shuttler at World No.11 while R.M.V. Gurusaidutt pipped Ajay Jayaram to be the second best Indian at 27th. Mumbai’s Jayaram dropped three places to 30th.

Sourabh Verma and Anand Pawar both dropped a place each to 36th and 43rd, respectively, while K. Srikkanth jumped five places to enter the top-50 for the first time at 47.