Saina nehwal sinks to world no. 8, kidambi srikanth out of top 10

* Home * Sports * Saina Nehwal sinks to World No. 8, Kidambi Srikanth out of top 10 SRIKANTH SUFFERED A NARROW DEFEAT AGAINST CHINA'S TIAN HOUWEI IN THE OPENING ROUND HERE TO LOSE A LOT

OF RANKING POINTS. NEW DELHI, APR 7 :  Failure to defend their individual titles at the India Open Super Series last week cost Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth dearly as the top Indian

shuttlers slipped down the order in the latest BWF World ranking today. Saina, who had to deal with a nagging ankle injury, lost two places to sink to World No. 8 in women’s singles after

losing in the semifinals of India Open, while Srikanth dropped four spots to be placed at the 14th spot in men’s singles. Also read: MALAYSIA OPEN: SAINA NEHWAL, P V SINDHU ENTER SECOND

ROUND; H S PRANNOY, K SRIKANTH OUT Srikanth suffered a narrow defeat against China’s Tian Houwei in the opening round here to lose a lot of ranking points. The Indian is likely to slip

further when the next ranking list is out after failing to cross the opening hurdle at the ongoing Malaysia Super Series Premier. Swiss Open champion, H S Prannoy slumped three places to

World No. 22 after losing his opening round match against Thailand’s Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk in New Delhi. Ajay Jayaram, who also lost in the opening round, was static at World No. 24.

Commonwealth Games champion P Kashyap, whose Rio Olympic qualification dream was crushed by a series of injuries since last year, sunk to World No. 18. However, P V Sindhu, who had reached

the quarterfinals last week, improved a place to be back in the top 10 of women’s singles. In men’s doubles, Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy remained at No. 19, while Jwala Gutta and Ashwini

Ponnappa too retained their World No. 15 position in women’s doubles. ALSO READ: