World No 2 ranking : India Open champion PV Sindhu
Friday, April 7, 2017 IST
World No 2 ranking : India Open champion PV Sindhu
New Delhi: Rio Olympics silver medallist P V Sindhu hopped three spots to accomplish a profession best world number two positioning in the most recent Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings discharged today.
The 21-year-old shuttler from Hyderabad turned out to be just the second Indian lady after Saina Nehwal to break into the main five of the world rankings by gaining 75759 focuses.
She superseded Japan's Akane Yamugachi to make the number two spot.
Sindhu had as of late packed away the India Open title in the wake of overcoming Carolina Marin of Spain in the summit conflict, however lost in the opening round of the continuous Malaysia Open Super Series in Kuching.
Saina, who likewise lost in the first round of the Malaysia Open, in any case, lost a place to be at ninth position in the positioning table with 64279 focuses.
The ladies' singles graph is driven by Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei with 87911 focuses.
None of the male Indian shuttler figured in the main 10 list.
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