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Srikanth is World No 2
India ace Kidambi Srikanth was rewarded for his sensational run this season as he grabbed a career-best ranking of World No 2 after jumping two places in the latest BWF ranking released on Thursday.
New Delhi: India ace Kidambi Srikanth was rewarded for his sensational run this season as he grabbed a career-best ranking of World No 2 after jumping two places in the latest BWF ranking released on Thursday.
Srikanth, who reached five finals and clinched four titles this year so far, now has 73,403 points, 4527 point away from World Champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark, who heads the ranking list.
The 24-year-old from Guntur will have a chance to topple the Dane if he performs well at China and Hong Kong. US Open Grand Prix Gold winner HS Prannoy, who had reached the semifinals at Paris, also improved a place to reach a career-best ranking of World No 11.
Singapore Open champion B Sai Praneeth, however, dropped a place to be at the 16th spot, while Sameer Verma, who had skipped the events at Denmark and France due to fitness issues, is steady at the 18th place.
In women's singles, PV Sindhu, who also reached the semifinals at France, was static at World No 2, while former World No 1 Saina Nehwal was also steady at the 11th spot. Young men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty finished at No 28.
