India’s Anupama Upadhyaya turns into new Junior World No. 1 in BWF rankings

Anupama Upadhyaya has develop into solely the second Indian shuttler within the under-19 women singles class to win the highest title within the newest BWF Junior rankings.

Anupama Upadhyaya turns into new Junior World No. 1 in BWF rankings (PTI Photo)

HIGHLIGHTSAnupama Upadhyaya grew to become new Junior World No. 1 in BWF rankingsAnupama has not too long ago cracked the senior girls’s Top 100 ratingAnupama is simply the sixth Indian shuttler to prime the junior rating

Anupama Upadhyaya changed fellow Indian shuttler Tasnim Mir from the pole place and have become the brand new Junior World No. 1 within the under-19 women singles class to win the highest title within the newest BWF Junior rankings.

The 17-year-old from Panchkula, who had claimed junior worldwide titles in Uganda and Poland earlier this yr, changed fellow Indian Tasnim Mir from the highest place on Tuesday. She has jumped two locations to seize the pole place with 18.060 factors from 18 tournaments and is without doubt one of the 4 women who determine within the Top 10 of the junior rankings.

Three different Indian feminine shuttlers within the Top 10 are Tasnim Mir (quantity 2) and two 14-year-olds — Anwesha Gowda (quantity 6) and Unnati Hooda (quantity 9).

Overall, Anupama is simply the sixth Indian shuttler to prime the junior rankings. In boys, Aditya Joshi (2014), Siril Verma (2016), and Lakshya Sen (2017) achieved the highest place prior to now, whereas 18-year-old Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian grew to become the World No. 1 final month.

Anupama has not too long ago cracked the senior girls’s Top 100 rating and is at the moment positioned at World No. 63.

A product of Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy, Anupama had a formidable run this yr as she made it to the semifinals on the Syed Modi International Super 300 in January earlier than coming into the quarterfinals of the Orleans Open Super 100 occasion. The Indian is at the moment making ready for the Junior World Championships scheduled to be held in Santander, Spain from October 17 to 31.

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