PV Sindhu reaches no. 3, Ajay Jayaram climbs to career-best no 13 in BWF rankings

Saina Nehwal

Saina Nehwal

New Delhi: Rio Olympics silver medallist PV Sindhu yesterday climbed up two places to be at No. 3 in the latest BWF ranking released yesterday.

London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal also jumped up a place to be ranked eighth. In the men's singles, the finalists of the Singapore Open - runner-up Kidambi Srikanth and winner B Sai Praneeth - both jumped as many as eight positions each to be placed at 21st and 22nd respectively. Ajay Jayaram continued to be the highest-ranked Indian at the 13th position, having moved a place.