Satwiksairaj and Chirag rise to eighth in BWF rankings after India Open triumph
New Delhi Jan 18 PTI Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and former world number one Kidambi Srikanth remained static in the latest badminton world rankings but the mens doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty moved two places up to eighth after their triumph in the Indian Open 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 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 the biggest gainer has been the mens Indian doubles pair of Satwiksairaj and Chirag who jumped from tenth to the eight 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 AH BS BS
New Delhi Jan 18 PTI Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and former world number one Kidambi Srikanth remained static in the latest badminton world rankings but the mens doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty moved two places up to eighth after their triumph in the Indian Open 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 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 the biggest gainer has been the mens Indian doubles pair of Satwiksairaj and Chirag who jumped from tenth to the eight 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 AH BS BS
