Indian doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty rose to a career-best world rating of fifth within the BWF World Rankings launched on Tuesday, whereas HS Prannoy regained his place within the prime 10 in males’s singles.
Satwik and Chirag are off to an amazing begin this yr with two World Tour titles on the Indian Open Super 500 and French Open Super 750 and likewise a maiden gold on the Commonwealth Games and a bronze on the World Championships.
Their phenomenal success was mirrored within the rankings because the pair jumped two locations to enter the highest 5 with 75,806 ranking factors from 15 tournaments.
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Prannoy additionally made good points within the newest rankings, as he broke into the highest 10 as soon as once more, rising to world No. 9 after beginning the yr at world No. 26.
The 30-year-old from Kerala, who first cracked the elite bracket in 2016, produced some memorable performances within the season with seven quarter-finals, two semi-finals and a runner-up end on the Swiss Open.
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He led the Indian group to a historic Thomas Cup victory in Bangkok, however missed out on a person title. His constant run, nonetheless, was sufficient to earn him a spot within the season-ending BWF World Tour Finals and a nomination for the BWF Player of the Year award.
Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen stays the best-ranked Indian at quantity seven, whereas the previous world primary. Kidambi Srikanth has gained one place to succeed in eleventh place.
Two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu remained static at No.6 in ladies’s singles, whereas ladies’s doubles pair of Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly, who received a bronze medal in Birmingham, moved up two locations to be ranked No.18 on this planet.
In blended doubles, Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto have additionally jumped three locations to be at twenty first place.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
