Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty regained their spot at the top of the men's doubles world rankings after their title win in the Thailand Open. The rise to the top came after a brief slump to No. 3, which was caused by a defeat at the All England Championships and a withdrawal from the Asia Championships due to Satwik's injury.
The determined comeback culminated in an easy win at the Thailand Open, as they won their second title of the season in straight games against Chinese pair Chen Bo Yang and Liu Yi. According to the latest BWF rankings, released on Tuesday, they gained two spots, collected 99670 points, and regained the top spot after a five-week hiatus.
In the women's singles rankings, double Olympic medalist PV Sindhu lost some positions to drop to No. 15, while HS Prannoy retained his position at No. 9 as the lone Indian in the top 10 of the men's singles. Lakshya Sen lost three positions to drop to No. 14.
Kidambi Srikanth lost one position to be No. 26, as did Priyanshu Rajawat at No. 33, while Kiran George dropped to No. 36. In women's doubles, Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa remained the top-ranked Indians at No. 19 as they rose two positions.
However, the Commonwealth Games bronze medalist pairing of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand fell to World No. 29. Among the mixed doubles pairs, Sathish Kumar Karunakaran and Aadya Variyath rose three positions to No. 39 in the world—staying as the only Indian pair in the top 50.
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