Key Points
Indian shuttler and Olympic medalist PV Sindhu dropped out of the top 10 of the women's singles Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings for the first time since November 2016..
The two-time Olympic medalist, who had won silver in the 2016 Rio Olympics and Bronze in Tokyo 2020 Olympics, fell down two places to the 11th spot on Tuesday, as per Olympics.com...
The 27-year-old has struggled for form this season since her comeback from an injury following her gold medal triumph in women's singles competition at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham...
In the men's singles player, HS Prannoy retained his status as the top-ranked player in the country, positioned at number eight in the men's singles competition while Kidambi Srikanth slipped to 21st place..
The star Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have solidified their position at world number six after their title win at the Swiss Open 2023..
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