Lakshya reaches career-high 13th Satwiksairaj-Chirag pair too rises in BWF rankings
New Delhi Jan 18 PTI Young Lakshya Sen reached a career-high 13th in the latest badminton world rankings after winning the mens singles crown in the India Open a title triumph in which also lifted the mens 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 Last year Sen reached the BWF World Championships semifinal where he lost to Srikanth in a hard fought match 2117 1421 1721 and settled for a bronze medal On Sunday the 20-year-old from Almora became the first from the country to win an India Open mens singles title on debut as he beat world champion Yew 24-22 21-17 in the final here Sen defeated the Singaporean who had beaten Srikanth in December to win the world championship title in a match that lasted 54 minutes Former world champion Sindhu maintained her seventh position with 90994 in the womens rankings while Srikanth remained in the 10th place with 69158 points in the mens chart B Sai Praneeth too remained static in the 18th position Chinese Taipeis Tai Tzu leads the womens rankings with 108800 points while reigning Olympic champion Victor Axelsen heads the mens list with 116779 points From the Indian perspective another big gainer has been the mens doubles pair of Satwiksairaj and Chirag who jumped from 10th to the eighth place with 76708 points in the latest rankings issued by the Badminton World Federation BWF They defeated top-seeded Indonesian pair Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan 21-16 26-24 to win the mens doubles crown at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open on Sunday Coming into the match with a 1-3 head-to-head record Satwik and Chirag dished out a brave effort against the Indonesian pair and staved off a fightback to reign supreme in the final Satwik and Chirag had won the Thailand Open Super 500 title in 2019 besides reaching the final of the French Open Super 750 the same year No Indians featured in the womens doubles and mixed doubles rankings PTI AH BS PM PM
New Delhi Jan 18 PTI Young Lakshya Sen reached a career-high 13th in the latest badminton world rankings after winning the mens singles crown in the India Open a title triumph in which also lifted the mens 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 Last year Sen reached the BWF World Championships semifinal where he lost to Srikanth in a hard fought match 2117 1421 1721 and settled for a bronze medal On Sunday the 20-year-old from Almora became the first from the country to win an India Open mens singles title on debut as he beat world champion Yew 24-22 21-17 in the final here Sen defeated the Singaporean who had beaten Srikanth in December to win the world championship title in a match that lasted 54 minutes Former world champion Sindhu maintained her seventh position with 90994 in the womens rankings while Srikanth remained in the 10th place with 69158 points in the mens chart B Sai Praneeth too remained static in the 18th position Chinese Taipeis Tai Tzu leads the womens rankings with 108800 points while reigning Olympic champion Victor Axelsen heads the mens list with 116779 points From the Indian perspective another big gainer has been the mens doubles pair of Satwiksairaj and Chirag who jumped from 10th to the eighth place with 76708 points in the latest rankings issued by the Badminton World Federation BWF They defeated top-seeded Indonesian pair Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan 21-16 26-24 to win the mens doubles crown at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open on Sunday Coming into the match with a 1-3 head-to-head record Satwik and Chirag dished out a brave effort against the Indonesian pair and staved off a fightback to reign supreme in the final Satwik and Chirag had won the Thailand Open Super 500 title in 2019 besides reaching the final of the French Open Super 750 the same year No Indians featured in the womens doubles and mixed doubles rankings PTI AH BS PM PM
