{"id":347130,"date":"2023-07-18T11:19:40","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T11:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/07\/18\/pv-sindhu-slips-to-world-no-17-lowest-ranking-in-over-a-decade-badminton-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T11:19:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T11:19:40","slug":"pv-sindhu-slips-to-world-no-17-lowest-ranking-in-over-a-decade-badminton-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/07\/18\/pv-sindhu-slips-to-world-no-17-lowest-ranking-in-over-a-decade-badminton-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"PV Sindhu slips to world no. 17, lowest ranking in over a decade | Badminton News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-101861187,imgsize-34666.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>NEW DELHI: After grappling with inconsistent performances, double Olympic medallist <!-- -->PV Sindhu<!-- --> has experienced a significant drop in the latest <!-- -->BWF world rankings<!-- -->. She has slipped five places to now occupy the 17th position.<br \/>Since her return from a lengthy five-month injury hiatus, Sindhu has encountered difficulties in maintaining a consistent winning streak, leading to a lack of titles this season.<br \/>As a former world number 2, Sindhu&#8217;s struggles have been evident, especially after suffering a stress fracture in her ankle during her triumphant campaign at the 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/commonwealth-games\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-Commonwealth Games-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/commonwealth-games\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Commonwealth Games<\/a>. Currently, she holds a total of 49,480 points from participating in 14 tournaments.<br \/>This is her lowest ranking in over a decade. The last time she was ranked 17th was in January, 2013. She has been inside the top 10 since 2016, having reached a career-best world number 2 in April, 2016.<br \/>Sindhu will hope she finds her footing quickly in the Olympic qualification period which ends in April next year, especially after getting the services of Malaysian coach Muhammad Hafiz Hashim, a former All England champion.<br \/>The 2019 World Champion, Sindhu had reached the final of the Madrid Spain Masters, her best finish this season. She registered a semifinal finish at Malaysia Masters and Canada Open but made a quarterfinal exit in the next event at the US Open. She is now in Korea for a super 500 tournament.<br \/>HS Prannoy<!-- --> also slipped a place to world number 10, while <!-- -->Lakshya Sen<!-- --> and <!-- -->Kidambi Srikanth<!-- --> were static at 12th and 20th spots respectively.<br \/>Saina Nehwal slumped five places to world number 36.<br \/>Men&#8217;s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty remain India&#8217;s best-placed shuttlers at world number 3.<br \/>Among others, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand also lost a spot to be at the 19th position in women&#8217;s doubles, while there was no Indian in the top 25 in mixed doubles.<br \/><span class=\"strong em \">(With PTI Inputs)<\/span><\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js', n, t, s);\n      fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    };<\/p>\n<p>    function loadGtagEvents(isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      var id = document.getElementById('toi-plus-google-campaign');\n      if (id) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        t.id = 'toi-plus-google-campaign';\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074', n, t, s);\n    };<\/p>\n<p>    window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n    var TimesApps = window.TimesApps;\n    TimesApps.toiPlusEvents = function(config) {\n      var isConfigAvailable = \"toiplus_site_settings\" in f && \"isFBCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings && \"isGoogleCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings;\n      var isPrimeUser = window.isPrime;\n      if (isConfigAvailable && !isPrimeUser) {\n        loadGtagEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n        loadFBEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isFBCampaignActive);\n      } else {\n        var JarvisUrl=\"https:\/\/jarvis.indiatimes.com\/v1\/feeds\/toi_plus\/site_settings\/643526e21443833f0c454615?db_env=published\";\n        window.getFromClient(JarvisUrl, function(config){\n          if (config) {\n            loadGtagEvents(config?.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n            loadFBEvents(config?.isFBCampaignActive);\n          }\n        })\n      }\n    };\n  })(\n    window,\n    document,\n    'script',\n  );<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/badminton\/pv-sindhu-slips-to-world-no-17-lowest-ranking-in-over-a-decade\/articleshow\/101861148.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] NEW DELHI: After grappling with inconsistent performances, double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu has experienced a significant drop in the latest BWF world rankings. 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