NEW DELHI: HS Prannoy, the second-highest rating Indian males’s singles player, has moved up two spots to a career-high No 8 in the most recent reshuffling of the BWF international rankings.
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Prannoy, coming off his most successful year as a qualified badminton player, had occupied the 10th spot within the males’s singles rankings for some time, and having closing week claimed bronze on the Asia Badminton Championships, has moved to eighth.
The 25-year-old tweeted on Thursday:
Kidambi Srinath has moved up two spots to No three, meanwhile.
Prannoy, the second-highest rating Indian males’s singles player, became the 3rd Indian to win a medal within the males’s singles event on the Asia Championships when he took home bronze closing Saturday. He joined Dinesh Khanna (1965) and Anup Sridhar (2007), who had won gold and bronze respectively, after losing 16-21, 18-21 in a 52-minute come upon with reigning Olympic champion and two-time international champion Chen Long.
Last month, he used to be additionally part of the combined staff that won gold on the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
In 2017, Prannoy won a Grand Prix Gold, reached the semi-finals of two Super Series and won the nationwide title for the primary time. He claimed his 3rd Grand Prix Gold title by beating compatriot Parupalli Kashyap 21-15, 20-22, 21-12 within the ultimate of the USA Open and reached the semi-finals of the Indonesia Open Super Series where he lost to Japan’s Kazumasa Sakai 21-17, 26-28, 18-21.
Also in 2017, he became the primary Indian to beat the massive four of worldwide badminton: Taufik Hidayat (2013), Lin Dan (2015), Chong Wei (twice in 2017) and Chen Long.
ALSO READ: Prannoy takes Asia Championships bronze
Prannoy, coming off his most successful year as a qualified badminton player, had occupied the 10th spot within the males’s singles rankings for some time, and having closing week claimed bronze on the Asia Badminton Championships, has moved to eighth.
The 25-year-old tweeted on Thursday:
Yesssss!!! World No 8 !! Only upwards from right here 🔝🔝🔝🔝 #Careerbest https://t.co/ua3GLfoVkW
— PRANNOY HS (@PRANNOYHSPRI) 1525325404000Kidambi Srinath has moved up two spots to No three, meanwhile.
Prannoy, the second-highest rating Indian males’s singles player, became the 3rd Indian to win a medal within the males’s singles event on the Asia Championships when he took home bronze closing Saturday. He joined Dinesh Khanna (1965) and Anup Sridhar (2007), who had won gold and bronze respectively, after losing 16-21, 18-21 in a 52-minute come upon with reigning Olympic champion and two-time international champion Chen Long.
Last month, he used to be additionally part of the combined staff that won gold on the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
In 2017, Prannoy won a Grand Prix Gold, reached the semi-finals of two Super Series and won the nationwide title for the primary time. He claimed his 3rd Grand Prix Gold title by beating compatriot Parupalli Kashyap 21-15, 20-22, 21-12 within the ultimate of the USA Open and reached the semi-finals of the Indonesia Open Super Series where he lost to Japan’s Kazumasa Sakai 21-17, 26-28, 18-21.
Also in 2017, he became the primary Indian to beat the massive four of worldwide badminton: Taufik Hidayat (2013), Lin Dan (2015), Chong Wei (twice in 2017) and Chen Long.
Prannoy moves to career-best 8th after Asia C'ships bronze
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