Satwiksairaj-Chirag recover number one spot in BWF Rankings following Thailand Open win
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): The star Indian men's badminton team of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have recaptured their best position in the most recent Badminton World Organization (BWF) Rankings following their Thailand Open title win the week before.
Asian Games gold medallist pair Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy arose victorious in the men's copies title at the Thailand Open Very 500 badminton on Sunday. They crushed China's Chen Bo Yang and Liu Yi in straight sets to sack one more title in their prize bureau. Presently, they have two Thailand Open titles, having won their most memorable back in 2019.
In the most recent refreshed rankings gave on Tuesday, 'Sat-Chi' has ascended two spots to recapture the high level, with 99,670 places.
The world number three edged past Chen and Yi with a 21-15 21-15 triumph and secured their 10th BWF world visit title. This is their second title of the year after they won the French Open in Spring.
"Thailand Open has been a unique competition for us as we won our most memorable Very 500 crown here and have won a lot more competitions from there on. We are trusting that this triumph will begin one more winning run for us," expressed Satwik subsequent to securing the crown as cited from BAI.
Talking about their exhibition in the last, Satwik said they played their best game against their Chinese adversaries.
"We realize that we were unable to loosen up in any event, for a solitary point against our rivals as they battle till the end. Be that as it may, we played our most impressive showing of the competition today and controlled the circumstance quite well," he added.
The Indian sets of Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa, who came to the elimination rounds of the Thailand Open, have additionally scaled to two spots and reached at number 19.
Shuttler Meiraba Luwang Masnam, who had a fantasy shown in the competition and arrived at the quarterfinals to beating world number nine HS Prannoy and world number 54 Mads Christensen, likewise made a move of 13 spots to arrive at world number 71.