Sindhu breaks into top-15

India’s P.V. Sindhu in action against Ratchanok Intanon from Thailand at the India Open Badminton Tournament on April 27, 2013 in New Delhi, India. (Getty Images)

Buoyed by their performances at the home India Open Superseries, several Indian shuttlers moved up the rankings.

In the latest ranking list issued by Badminton World Federation, India Open semifinalist PV Sindhu moved into the top-15 for the first time in her career. Sindhu jumped up one place from her ranking of No.16.

While her compatriot Saina Nehwal remained at No.2 following her second round exit at the India Open, the men’s singles players jumped up by a place or two. Parupalli Kashyap, despite his disappointing loss to Taufik Hidayat in the first round, moved ahead by one place into No.6. Ajay Jayaram remained at No.30, but Guru Sai Dutt, who made the quarterfinals at the India Open, climbed by two spots into No.33.

Similarly, Sourabh Verma too moved up by two places into No.36. The other gainers were India Open semifinalist Anand Pawar (two places up, to No.53), K Srikanth (one place up to No.63) and Arvind Bhat (two places up, to No.82). Among those whose spots remained unchanged were Sai Praneeth (No.62) and HS Prannoy (No.76).

In the paired events, Tarun Kona/Arun Vishnu were unchanged at No.42 (men’s doubles), while Pranaav Chopra/Akshay Dewalkar moved up by one spot into No.48.

In women’s doubles, Aparna Balan/Sikki Reddy are at No.52, while Pradnya Gadre/Ashwini Ponnappa moved up eight spots into No.60.

In mixed doubles, Tarun Kona/Ashwini Ponnappa are India’s highest-ranked pair at No.26, followed by V Diju/Jwala Gutta (No.49) and Arun Vishnu/ Aparna Balan at No.50.