We look at the top 5 Indians in the BWF women’s singles rankings before the rankings froze on 17th March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 17-year-old Indian player replaced compatriot Tasnim Mir at the top of the badminton world rankings. Odisha Open champion ralph breaks the internet meme Unnati Hooda jumped 14 places to enter the top 10. You can let us know who you think are currently the best badminton players over on our Facebook page. The men’s doubles has Japan’s Takuro Hoki / Yugo Kobayashi currently ranked at number 1 in the world.
Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour is at number 17 and Wales’s Jordan Hart is a number 70. PV Sindhu continues to lead Indians in the BWF women’s singles world rankings thanks to her consistency at the top level for the past few years. The jewel in the crown for the Rio Olympic silver medallist was the World Championships gold which she won last year. In the men’s singles standings, Lakshya Sen retained his career-best eighth position attained earlier this month and continued as the best-ranked Indian men’s singles player.
In the rankings released by the Badminton World Federation , Malvika jumped from 84th to the 67th position with 26,392 points. For her entry into the final of the recently held Syed Modi International Super 300 tournament, Malvika gained 5,950 points to reach her career-best rankings in the women’s singles. On her debut in the World Tour Super 300 tourney in Lucknow, Malvika won silver medal after losing the summit clash to two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu. London 2012 Olympic Saina Nehwal, meanwhile, dropped down a place and is currently ranked 33rd in the world badminton rankings.
The veteran player, who to date is the only Indian women’s player to achieve the No. 1 ranking, has struggled for form over the past couple of years. Indian badminton player Lakshya Sen retained his eighth spot in the men’s singles rankings while HS Prannoy climbed up a spot to world No. 12. In the women’s singles Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi has the number one spot with An Se Young at number two. Meanwhile Pusarla V. Sindhu stays at number six and Carolina Marin is at number 11.
As per BWF, Malvika moved up a place and is now India No. 4 behind PV Sindhu, Saina and Aakarshi Kashyap. While Sindhu continued to lead the Indian women players at the 7th position in the world, Saina and Aakarshi followed the leader at the 25th and 56th position. Star Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal today regained the number one spot in the latest BWF world rankings released today. Kashyap, who beat reigning world number one Chen Long of China last week, rose two places to grab the 10th spot in men’s singles ranking. HS Prannoy grabbed his career-best world number 12 spot after improving a place in the latest men’s singles ranking, announced by BWF today. In men’s junior rankings, Aditya Joshi , Siril Verma , and Lakshya Sen achieved the top position in the past.
Meanwhile England’s highest ranked men’s player Toby Penty has just announced his retirement from the sport. Two-time Olympics medalist is among one of the most successful sportspersons in India. Her highest ranking was in the year 2017 when she rose to No. 2 on April 7. Our staff works 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to bring you the utmost information about every game, every match.
England’s top men’s doubles pair Ben Lane / Sean Vendy are at 16 while Scotland’s Alexander Dunn / Adam Hall are at number 27. With their deep runs at the Syed Modi International in Lucknow, India’s Malvika Bansod was among the big movers in the badminton rankings published today. Also, India’s top-ranked doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty retained their spot at No. 8.