Indian Duo Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty Attain Career-Best World No. 4 Ranking

New Delhi: India’s top doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have achieved a career-best ranking of world number 4 in the latest BWF rankings issued on Tuesday. The pair, who claimed the Commonwealth Games gold medal and French Open Super 750 crown last year and won the Swiss Open Super 300 title this season, now has 74,651 points from 12 tournaments.

Fresh from winning his maiden BWF World Tour title at the Malaysia Masters last week, HS Prannoy jumped one place to regain the world number 8 ranking, while Kidambi Srikanth climbed three positions to get his place back in the top 20. He is now ranked 20th.

Lakshya Sen, however, slipped a place to world number 23 after an early exit from the Malaysia Masters.

In women’s singles, double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu remained static at the 13th spot, while Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand also stayed at the 15th position in women’s doubles.

The rankings are based on a player’s performance in the last 52 weeks. The points are awarded based on the round of the tournament a player reaches. For example, a player who wins a tournament will earn more points than a player who reaches the final.