Fresh from winning their maiden Super 1000 men’s doubles title, star Indian shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty achieved a career-best world No.3 in the latest BWF ranking issued on Tuesday.
The Commonwealth Games gold medallists upstaged reigning world champions Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik of Malaysia in straight games to win the Indonesia Open on Sunday.
They became the first pair from the country to claim a Super 1000 event.
The Indian duo is in the middle of a dream 2023 having won two World Tour titles already, besides the Swiss Open alongside a gold medal at the Badminton Asia Championships.
In men’s singles, Kidambi Srikanth climbed three places to get into the top-20 (world No. 19), following Lakshya Sen closely.
Sen, who has been one of India’s most impressive talents, is at No. 18, having moved up two notches.
HS Prannoy, who lost to world No.1 Victor Axelsen in the Indonesia Open semi-final, was the best-ranked Indian, holding on to his world No.9 spot.
Rising shuttler Priyanshu Rajawat also secured a career-high ranking of world No. 30, jumping four places.
With Rajawat, four Indian shuttlers figure inside the top-30 in men’s singles.
Double Olympic medalist PV Sindhu arrested her slide and moved up two places to world No. 12 in women’s singles. Former world No.1 Saina Nehwal rose to world No. 31, moving up by one place.
In women’s doubles, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand remained on 16th place. At 41st place after slipping by two notches, Ashwini Bhat and Shikha Gautam were the next Indians in the BWF rankings.
Indian mixed pair Rohan Kapoor and Sikki Reddy jumped two places to No. 33. Tanisha Crasto and Ishan Bhatnagar were the next Indians on the list, slipping one place to world No. 38.
PTI
