Satwik and Chirag have won two world tour titles this year—the Indian Open Super 500 and the French Open Super 750—as well as their first Commonwealth Games gold and World Championships bronze.
In the BWF world rankings released on Tuesday, Indian doubles players Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty reached a career-best world number five, while HS Prannoy reclaimed his spot in the top 10 in men’s singles.
This year, Satwik and Chirag have won two world tour titles—the Indian Open Super 500 and the French Open Super 750—as well as their first Commonwealth Games gold and World Championships bronze. With 75,806 rating points from 15 tournaments, the duo moved up two spots to the top five, demonstrating their unprecedented success.
Prannoy also improved in the most recent ranking, moving up to world number 9 after starting the year at world number 26. This was Prannoy’s second consecutive entry into the top 10.
The 30-year-old Keralan, who made it into the elite bracket for the first time in 2016, had seven quarterfinal appearances, two semifinal appearances, and finished second at the Swiss Open.
He likewise shepherded the Indian group to a memorable Thomas Cup win in Bangkok however a singular title escaped him. He was, however, nominated for the BWF Player of the Year award and qualified for the season-ending BWF World Tour Finals thanks to his consistent performance.
Republic Games champion Lakshya Sen kept on being the best-set Indian at number seven while previous world no. 1 Kidambi Srikanth moved up one spot to 11th place.
P V Sindhu, a double Olympic medalist, remained at number six in women’s singles, while Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly, a bronze medalist in women’s doubles, moved up two spots to number 18 in the world.
Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto rose three spots to 21st place in mixed doubles.
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