Chirag Shetty-Satwiksairaj Rankireddy duo rises to career-best No. 2 in world badminton rankings
The Indian men’s doubles duo rose by one place in the latest BWF rankings. PV Sindhu remains in 17th while HS Prannoy is the top-ranked Indian singles player at No. 10.
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Reigning Asian champions Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy climbed up a spot to achieve their all-time career-high rank of world No. 2 in the latest badminton rankings released by the Badminton World Federation on Tuesday.
The Indian men’s doubles duo have won three BWF World Tour titles this year including the Indonesia Open (Super 1000), Korea Open (Super 500) and the Swiss Open (Super 300). Chirag-Satwik are also unbeaten currently for 10 matches on the BWF World Tour and are yet to lose a final this year.
The Indian badminton players claimed the Korea Open title on Sunday by beating world No. 1 duo Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto of Indonesia in the final.
In April, Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy also claimed the men’s doubles title at the Badminton Asia Championships in Dubai for India’s first title since 1965.
PV Sindhu, who dropped to world No. 17 in the women’s singles rankings last week, maintained position despite her opening-round exit at the Korea Open. It is her worst ranking in a decade.
Nevertheless, PV Sindhu is the top-ranked Indian in women’s singles. Saina Nehwal is next at world No. 37.
HS Prannoy stays as India’s top-ranked singles badminton player in 10th position in the men’s rankings.
Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand are the leading duo in the women’s doubles at No. 19 while Rohan Kapoor and N Sikki Reddy, at No. 30, are India’s leading pair in mixed doubles.