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Satwik/Chirag World No. 1 again, Meiraba Maisnam gains big after Thailand Open

Satwik/Chirag World No. 1 again, Meiraba Maisnam gains big after Thailand Open

The pair of Satwik/Chirag became the World No.1s again, after their Thailand Open win, while Meiraba Maisnam in the new WR-71.

The Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have once again, become the World No. 1 team in the latest BWF rankings released on Tuesday. As per that, the duo of Satwik and Chirag have 99,670 points in total, as they surpassed the Chinese pair of Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang, after their Thailand Open 2024 win last week.

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty Beat Chen BY/Liu Y

On Sunday, the Indian pair of Satwik & Chirag beat Chinese pair of Chen and Liu in the final 21-15, 21-15, to win the Thailand Open for the second time, and also re-attain the World no. 1 position. They had first gotten to the summit after their Asian Games gold medal feat in 2023, and since then have been in the top-3 or 4 pairs in the world.

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Lakshya Sen & PV Sindhu Drop, Meiraba Maisnam Gains Big

Meanwhile, India’s most successful badminton player, PV Sindhu dropped another sport to be WR-15. She has been in mediocre form since last year, and really needs to pull up her socks before the Paris 2024 Olympics. On the other hand, there wasn’t any improvement shown by the men’s singles shuttlers as well.

HS Prannoy stayed on WR-9, and Lakshya Sen dropped to WR-14 in the latest rankings. Meiraba Maisnam, who managed to reached the quarters of the Thailand Open, rose 13 places to be ranked 71st in the world. The women’s doubles team of Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto moved up two spots to WR-19.

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