Sindhu becomes world no. 8, Srikanth ranked 9th
Rio Olympics' silver medalist PV Sindhu rose two places in the latest Badminton World Federation rankings, to be ranked eighth. Former world number one Saina Nehwal, recovering from a knee injury, jumped three places to be ranked fifth. Among the men, Kidambi Srikanth returned to the top ten, ranked ninth, after a quarterfinal finish at the Japan Open.