BWF Rankings: India’s HS Prannoy has reached his career-best ranking of World No.8. The recent rankings released by the BWF on Tuesday, saw the 30-year old shuttler going up one place. Meanwhile, India Men’s Doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have maintained their spot at the fifth place in the ranking. Follow Badminton News and LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
BWF Rankings: HS Prannoy ends 2022 on a high, reaches career-best World No.8 ranking in Men’s Singles, Satwik-Chirag maintain World No.5 spot – Check Out
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In the latest rankings updated during the last week of the year, Prannoy moved up one place to reach the World No.8 position. He is now just one place behind India’s Men’s Singles No.1 Lakshya Sen. Sen has maintained his position in the ranking. Meanwhile, Kidambi Srikanth has gone down one place as he is currently the World No.12 in Men’s Singles.
Last week, Prannoy broke into the Top 10 for the second time in his career. He first made it to the elite bracket way back in 2016. Prannoy’s career-best ranking is the result of a terrific season that he has had in 2022. At the start of the year, the shuttler from Kerala was ranked World No.26. He made deep runs in several tournaments that helped him to climb up the ladder in the rankings.
His best performance came in the Swiss Open in which he finished as runner-up. He also made it to the semifinals at the Malaysia Masters and Indonesia Open. His performance helped him finish as the third seed in the road to BWF World Tour. He was the only Indian to feature in the season finale this year. He however bowed out from group stage. His only victory in the tournament came against World No.1 Viktor Axelsen.
India’s Men’s Doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty maintained their spot at No.5 in the rankings. This is their career-best ranking. The duo had a great season as they won the Indian Open title and also clinched the title in the French Open this year.
BWF Rankings: HS Prannoy ends 2022 on a high, reaches career-best World No.8 ranking in Men’s Singles, Satwik-Chirag maintain World No.5 spot – Check Out
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