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Fresh from successful the Korea Open, India’s prime males’s doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy on Tuesday rose to a career-best second spot within the newest BWF rankings. Satwik and Chirag gained a spot, displacing the Chinese pair of Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang whom they’d defeated within the Korea Open semifinals final week, to attain a brand new career-high rating within the males’s doubles circuit. The reigning Asian champions, who gained the Korea Open (Super 500), Swiss Open (Super 300) and Indonesia Open (Super 1000) titles this season, now have 87,211 factors.
Playing their fourth closing of the 12 months, Satwik and Chirag had rallied from a recreation right down to defeat the world primary pair of Fajar Alfian and Muhamad Rian Ardianto within the Korea Open final week.
The two haven’t misplaced a single closing this season and are on a 10-match unbeaten streak on the BWF World Tour.
Meanwhile, two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu, who made an early exit from the Korea Open, has managed to carry on to her 17th spot within the singles record.
London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal, nevertheless, has dropped a spot to 37.
HS Prannoy continues to be India’s top-ranked shuttler, occupying the 10th spot within the males’s singles rankings, led by Denmark’s Victor Axelsen.
While Canada Open winner Lakshya Sen has slipped a spot to world quantity 13 after lacking the Korea Open, Kidambi Srikanth, who has been combating type, stays on 20th.
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