Saina Nehwal drops to No 9; Sai Praneeth grabs career-best 11th

Indian shuttler Sai Praneeth went a spot up to achieve his career-best 11th spot in latest BWF rankings after he overcame five-time world champion and two-times Olympic champion Lin Dan at Denmark Open 2019. Meanwhile, in women’s singles ranking, Saina Nehwal slipped to 9th place as she continues her poor-form in recent tournaments.

World Championships bronze medallist Praneeth suffered a straight-game defeat against World 1 Kento Momota. On or hand, London Olympic bronze medallist Nehwal h crashed out in first round itself of Denmark Open. She got out of tournament in first round itself for third consecutive time and sixth overall this season.

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Meanwhile, Indian star shuttler in men’s category and Pma Shri Srikanth Kidambi dropped a place down to 10th spot in BWF rankings, losing first-round match at Denmark Open. Srikanth did t play in Korea Open and China Open as a Knee Injury forced him to miss action.

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Unhappy Srikanth

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Meanwhile, ar men’s singles player Sameer Verma was eliminated by Olympic champion Chen Long in second round of men’s singles at Denmark Open. He was dropped to 18th place in BWF men’s rankings. Parupalli Kashyap, who was former World 6 is w in 26th place. World champion PV Sindhu is still on 6th position despite losing to Korea-based An Se-Young at Denmark Open. And she slipped to sixth position after her early crashing out at China Open and Korea Open.

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