In June, Shetty and Rankireddy won their first BWF World Super 1000 title by clinching the 2023 Indonesia Open. They defeated the 2022 world champions Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik of Malaysia in the final to become the first men’s doubles team from India to win the event.
The Indian badminton players followed it up with a victory at the 2023 Korean Open and the Asian Games 2023 as well to surge to the top of the rankings.
PV Sindhu, despite missing out on a medal at the Asian Games 2023, climbed two positions and is ranked 13th in the women’s singles. Former world No. 1 Saina Nehwal, the London 2012 Olympics bronze medallist, stays at world No. 54.
Meanwhile, HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen dropped one position each and are ranked No. 8 and No. 15, respectively, in the men’s singles category. Kidambi Srikanth rises one spot and is 20th in the same rankings.
In the women’s doubles, India’s top-ranked pair of Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly climbed one position to take the 16th position while the duo of Rohan Kapoor-Sikki Reddy retained their world No. 38 rank to be India’s top pair in mixed doubles.
2023-10-10 08:04:00
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