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PV Sindhu zooms to second spot in BWF rankings

This is the second time in her career that Sindhu, the Olympics silver medallist, occupies the second spot and she was at the same position on April 6 this year.

By PTI
India's PV Sindhu poses with gold medal and trophy during the awards ceremony after winning against Japan's Nozomi Okuhara during women's single final match at the Korea Open Badminton

New Delhi, September 22: Star India shuttler P V Sindhu on Thursday (September 21) jumped two places to second spot in the Badminton World Federation women's singles rankings, riding on her Korea Open Super Series title on Sunday (September 17).

This is the second time in her career that Sindhu, the Olympics silver medallist, occupies the second spot. She was at the same second rank on April 6 this year.

Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying retained her top spot.

London Olympics bronze winner Saina Nehwal was static at the 12th spot.

The reigning Olympic champion Carolina Marin of Spain also remained at fifth while world champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan moved up one place to eighth.

In the men's singles rankings, K Srikanth remained unchanged at eighth while B Sai Praneeth and H S Prannoy dropped one place each to be at 17th and 19th respectively. Ajay Jayaram also lost three places to be at 20th spot.

Story first published: Friday, September 22, 2017, 9:38 [IST]
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