The top men’s doubles team from India, Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, recently won the Korea Open. As a result, they moved up to a career-high second spot in the most recent BWF rankings on Tuesday.
Following their victory at the Korea Open, India’s top men’s doubles team of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy moved up to a career-high second spot in the most recent BWF rankings on Tuesday. In the men’s doubles rankings, Satwik and Chirag moved up a spot, replacing the Chinese team of Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang who they had upset in the Korea Open quarterfinals the week before. With victories at the Korea Open (Super 500), Swiss Open (Super 300), and Indonesia Open (Super 1000) this year, the defending Asian champions have 87,211 points overall.
Satwik and Chirag, who were competing in their fourth final of the year, overcame a game behind to overcome the world’s top-ranked team of Fajar Alfian and Muhamad Rian Ardianto at the Korea Open last week.
The two are on a 10-match winning streak on the BWF World Tour and haven’t lost a final this season.
The two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu, who left the Korea Open early, has maintained her position in the singles standings at number 17.
Saina Nehwal, who won bronze at the London Olympics, is now ranked 37.
In the men’s singles rankings, which are currently being dominated by Denmark’s Victor Axelsen, HS Prannoy continues to hold the top slot for India.
Lakshya Sen, the champion of the Canada Open, dropped to world number 13 after skipping the Korea Open, but Kidambi Srikanth, who has been in poor form, is still in the top 20.
