HS Prannoy, PV Sindhu rise in BWF World Rankings, Lakshya Sen retains spot in prime 10

HS Prannoy, who’s main the race to the World Tour Finals, rose to No. 16 within the males’s singles rankings. He is presently the third within the record of Indians with Laksya Sen main the pack.

HS Prannoy moved to No. 16 within the BWF males’s singles rankings (AP Photo)

HIGHLIGHTSHS Prannoy rose to No. 16 in males’s singles rankingsHe is main the race to the World Tour FinalsPV Sindhu jumped to No. 7, Lakshya retained his ninth spot

India’s HS Prannoy jumped to the sixteenth spot within the BWF World Rankings launched on Tuesday, September 13 because the star shuttler was rewarded for his constant performances on the tour. Prannoy climbed two locations within the males’s singles charts.

Prannoy, who missed a ticket to the Commonwealth Games as a consequence of his rating because the third finest Indian males’s singles shuttler, has been essentially the most constant shuttler on the tour regardless of not having a title to point out for it. The Indian shuttler, who performed a key function in India’s Thomas Cup victory, reached back-to-back quarterfinals on the Japan Open and the BWF World Championships.

Prannoy had just lately change into the top-ranked participant within the Race to Guangzhou Rankings, which decides the qualifiers for the season-ending World Tour Finals. He leads the pack with Olympic and world champion Viktor Axelsen on the second spot.

Prannoy is slowly however steadily difficult Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth for the highest two spots within the Indian males’s singles circuit. Srikanth additionally jumped 2 spots to maneuver to No. 12 within the males’s singles rankings on Tuesday.

Lakshya Sen continues to the highest-ranked Indian males’s singles shuttler at No. 9.

SINDHU RISES TO No. 7

PV Sindhu, who had skipped the world championships and Japan Open as a consequence of an damage, gained a spot to maneuver to NO. 7 in ladies’s singles rankings.

London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal regained her place inside the highest 30 after bettering three spots.

In males’s doubles, Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, who claimed their maiden gold at Commonwealth Games and a first-ever bronze at World Championships, retained their spot at world No. 8.

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