BWF rankings: Satwik-Chirag's storm into world's top 10 players

Indian shuttlers and doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are riding a new high after reclaiming ir spot in top 10 of bminton rankings. duo recently reached finals of French Open and lost to top seeds Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo of Indonesia 18-21, 16-21 on BWF Tour. Indian pair, that was ranked 11th during super 750 points event, jumped two spots to be placed 9th in rankings tally. This is second time in ir career that duo earned a place in top 10.

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Chirag and Satwik h created history in August by becoming first Indian men’s doubles pair to win BWF Super 500 tournament in Bangkok. y defeated China’s Li Jun Hui and Liu Yu Chen by 21-19, 18-21, 21-18 in Thailand Open. This win contributed towards m improving ir ranking. pair took ir form from Bangkok to French Open in Paris, where y defeated world champions Hendra Setiawan and Mohamm Ahsan in second round. y went on to defeat two more higher-ranked pairs before losing in final to top seeds, Marcus Fenaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo.

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Star players tumble

Meanwhile, India’s star players PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal, who saw ir French Open campaign end in quarter-finals, remained at sixth and ninth places, respectively. Among or Indian players, Lakshya Sen moved up to 51 while Shubankar Dey moved to Number 38.

Among women shuttlers, 17-year-old An Se Young, who has a win over Nehwal, was ranked 11th. Carolina Marin, who has been battling injury for some time, earned a spot in top 10. duo faced each or in title clash of French Open on Sunday with South Korean scoring a win. Among Indian male shuttlers, Srikanth Kidambi held his spot in top 10, while B Sai Praneeth at 11. Sameer Verma moved up a spot to 17th. Parupalli Kashyap was ranked 25th.

Elsewhere, in women’s doubles, Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy dropped two spots to 26th. It was good news for mixed doubles pair - Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Sikki Reddy, who remained best-ranked Indian pair at 28. Satwik and Ashwini, however, dropped a place to be ranked 30th.

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