PV Sindhu slips to her lowest rank of 17th in the world rankings in last 10 years

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Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). Two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu, who has been struggling for form this season, slipped to world No. 17 in the latest women’s singles BWF rankings released on Tuesday.

This is Sindhu’s lowest ranking in more than a decade. The last time she was ranked 17th in women’s singles was in January 2013. The 28-year-old shuttler was ranked world No. 12 in the rankings last week.

Sindhu, who had achieved a career-best world No. 2 ranking in April 2017, began the 2023 season as the world No. 7 women’s singles player, but a run of poor form in a few months saw her slide down the list.

The top Indian has struggled to find consistency this season since returning from a long injury layoff to win the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham. Sindhu made a comeback this year at the Malaysian Open and the Indian Open and was ousted in the first round of both the tournaments.

The shuttler from Hyderabad was part of India’s bronze medal win at the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships 2023 in Doha in February but has had a poor run overall.

In 11 BWF World Tour 2023 events this year, Sindhu lost in the first round on five occasions and was ousted in the second round twice.

The highlight of his season so far was a final appearance at the Madrid Masters. She lost in the quarterfinals of the US Open last week and will be competing in the ongoing Korea Masters.

Meanwhile, Sindhu’s fellow Olympic medalist Saina Nehwal also dropped five places to be 36th in the women’s singles rankings. The London 2012 bronze winner has struggled with injuries and form this year.

Aakarshi Kashyap (42), Malavika Bansod (45) and Ashmita Chaliha (49) are the other Indian women’s singles shuttlers in the top 50.

In men’s singles, HS Prannoy, who won his maiden BWF World Tour title at the Malaysia Masters in May, remained India’s top-ranked player but dropped two places to be ranked 10th. On the other hand, Lakshya Sen, who won the Canada Open earlier this month, is ranked 12th while former world No.1 Kidambi Srikanth remains static at 20th.

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty retained their world No. 3 ranking in men’s doubles, but women’s doubles pair of Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly dropped a place to be ranked 19th.

Rohan Kapoor and N Sikki Reddy, ranked 35th in the world, are the best-ranked Indian pair in mixed doubles.

(IANS)

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