Badminton News: Indian men’s singles badminton player HS Prannoy has achieved a career-high world No. 6 in the latest BWF rankings after winning his first bronze medal at the World Championships.

HS Prannoy moved up three places to secure this position with 72,437 points.

Prannoy is the only Indian player to have managed to maintain his top 10 since December last year.

He also recently finished second in the Australian Open Super 500 and won the Malaysia Masters World Tour Super 500 during that time.

In men’s singles, Lakshya Sen’s ranking fell one place to world number 12, while Kidambi Srikanth retained his 20th place despite being knocked out in the first round of the 2023 World Championships.

Among women’s singles players, former world champion PV Sindhu moved up a spot to rank 14th in the world, despite being knocked out in the first round of the 2023 BWF World Championships.

In men’s doubles, Asian champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty retained second place, despite falling in the quarter-finals of the 2023 World Championships.

In the women’s doubles sector, the duo Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand gained two places to secure the 17th place in the world. This follows their appearance in the round of 16 at the World Championships, where they battled hard against top seeds China, the pair of Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan, who won gold the week last and became the first women’s doubles to win four. world titles.

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