Star Indian shuttler HS Prannoy achieved a career-best eighth rating within the newest BWF world rankings launched on Tuesday.
The 30-year-old from Kerala, who has been in good kind this yr, was ranked No.8 for the primary time in 2018 earlier than slipping to No.34 in 2019.
However, some memorable performances within the season, together with a Thomas Cup win, seven quarter-finals, two semi-finals and a runner-up end on the Swiss Open, noticed him rise like a phoenix in 2022.
𝐓𝐡𝐭𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐙 🔙 on his career-high rank.
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He couldn’t win a person title however performed a key position within the historic Thomas Cup victory of the Indian staff in Bangkok. His consistency earned him a spot within the season-ending BWF World Tour Finals and a nomination for the BWF Player of the Year award.
Among others, Lakshya Sen remained regular at world quantity seven, whereas Kidambi Srikanth dropped a spot to be ranked twelfth.
Two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu has slipped to world quantity seven in girls’s singles since her Commonwealth Games triumph, whereas Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty remained static at quantity 5.
Fast-rising pair of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila gained three locations to be ranked world No.21, whereas girls’s doubles pair of Birmingham Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly moved up one place to be ranked world quantity 17. Has reached
In combined doubles, Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto have additionally gained two locations to achieve 18th place.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
