Badminton Rankings: Satwik chirag again entertains top 10; Unnati Hooda reaches career-high | Badminton News – Times of India

Satwiksiraj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have reintroduced the BWF-Herenubbels Top 10 rankings and three places up to number 10 after their semi-final appearance at the China open, while other Indian players also saw improvements in their rankings in categories on Tuesday.The journey of the former world number 1 pair on the China Open ended in the semi-final, where they lost from the Malaysian duo Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik 13-21, 17-21. This marked their third semifinal performance on the BWF tour this season, after similar runs in the Singapore Open and India Open.The duo had previously held the World Number 1 ranking list after winning the Thailand Open last year.In Herenhonkslagen, Lakshya Sen improved his position with two places to reach number 17 with 54,442 points, just before the Chinese Zhenxiang Wang. HS Prannoy also made progress and went up two places to world number 33 with 40,336 points.Young Talent Unnati Hooda achieved a career-best ranking of 31 in Ladies Heslags and climbed four places after her impressive victory over PV Sindhu in the pre-quarterfinals. The 17-year-old defeated Sindhu 21-16, 19-21, 21-13 in a match of one hour and 13 minutes, before he lost to the Japanese Akane Yamaguchi in the quarterfinals.PV Sindhu maintained its position as the highest ranked Indian in Ladies Singles at number 15.In women’s doubles, the best Indian pair Treesa Jolly and Gayatri GopiCand remained number 11, while Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa made two positions to reach number 45.