Srikanth, Kashyap jump seven places in BWF rankings

Commonwealth Games champion Kashyap, who defeated World No.3 Jan O. Jorgensen on his way to his entry into the semi-final of the tournament in Odense, started the week at 28th place.

Shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap jumped seven places each in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings on Thursday while Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal moved up one spot to the sixth.

Srikanth jumped to the 16th spot while Kashyap is 21st in the rankings. Srikanth started the week at 23rd spot and was rewarded for his quarter-final appearance at the Denmark Open.

Commonwealth Games champion Kashyap, who defeated World No.3 Jan O. Jorgensen on his way to his entry into the semi-final of the tournament in Odense, started the week at 28th place.

Saina also made the quarters of the Denmark Open, which has helped her gain one place as rising P.V. Sindhu remained at 10th position. P.C. Thulasi was the next best-placed Indian women singles player at 41st.

In women’s doubles, 2011 World Championships bronze medal-winning pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa dropped two places to 22nd.

Among other men’s singles players, Sourabh Verma gained one place to be placed at 36 while H.S. Prannoy dropped a place to 32 in the rankings. B. Sai Praneeth (43rd) and R.M.V. Gurusaidutt (44th) have also found their places among the top 50 shuttlers. The rankings continue to be topped by Malaysian Lee Chong Wei.