Lakshya Sen, Satwik-Chirag jump in badminton world rankings

New Delhi: Young Lakshya Sen reached a career-high 13th in the latest badminton world rankings after winning the men’s singles crown in the India Open, a title triumph in which also lifted the men’s doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty to eighth place. Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and former world number one […]

New Delhi: Young Lakshya Sen reached a career-high 13th in the latest badminton world rankings after winning the men’s singles crown in the India Open, a title triumph in which also lifted the men’s doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty to eighth place.

Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and former world number one Kidambi Srikanth remained static at seventh and 10th spots, respectively, even as Satwiksairaj and Chirag moved up two places. Sen made a jump of four places, moving up from the 17th position with 66470 points to close in on reigning world champion Loh Kean Yew at 12th spot. Sen defeated Yew in the final of the India Open.

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Former world champion Sindhu maintained her seventh position with 90994 in the women’s rankings while Srikanth remained in the 10th place with 69158 points in the men’s chart. B Sai Praneeth, too, remained static in the 18th position.

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