India’s Star shuttler Saina Nehwal has been ranked World number one by the Badminton World Federation. Saina has been facing tough competition from China’s Li Xuerei. Saina, the Olympic bronze winner, has ranked number one for the second time ahead of the Australian Open.

Rankings of Other Indian Players

• PV Sindhu – 12th place (Women’s).
• K Srikanth – 4th place (Men’s).
• P Kashyap – 13th place (Men’s).
• H S Parnnoy – 15th place (Men’s).

Tidbits

• Badminton is officially the fastest racquet sport in the world.
• The International Badminton Federation (IBF) was founded in 1934 with nine members and now has over 150 members.
• The IBF’s headquarters is in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• Thomas Cup is World Men’s Team Championships and Uber Cup is World Women’s Team Championships.
• Lin Dan of China had won consecutive Gold Medals in 2008 and  2012 Summer Olympics.