Battling an inconsistent form, double Olympic medallist <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/pv-sindhu-kidambi-srikanth-to-restart-quest-for-first-title-of-season-at-korea-open-23298406" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">PV Sindhu</a> on Tuesday slipped five places to world number 17 in the latest BWF world rankings.
Ever since returning from a five-month long injury layoff, Sindhu has struggled to string together a series of wins in a week, resulting in a title-less streak this season.
A former world number 2 Sindhu, who had suffered a stress fracture on her ankle during her title-winning run at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, currently has 49,480 points from 14 tournaments.
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.
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.
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.
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HS Prannoy also slipped a place to world number 10, while <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/with-no-time-to-celebrate-lakshya-sen-gears-up-for-his-next-breakthrough-23297069" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Lakshya Sen</a> and Kidambi Srikanth were static at 12th and 20th spots respectively.
Saina Nehwal slumped five places to world number 36.
Men's doubles pair of <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/satwiksairaj-rankireddy-creates-guinness-world-record-with-fastest-badminton-hit-23298619" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Satwiksairaj Rankireddy</a> and Chirag Shetty remain India's best-placed shuttlers at world number 3.
Among others, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand also lost a spot to be at the 19th position in women's doubles, while there was no Indian in the top 25 in mixed doubles.
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Battling an inconsistent form, double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu on Tuesday slipped five places to world number 17 in the latest BWF world rankings

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