In the latest badminton rankings released by the Badminton World Federation on Tuesday, reigning Asian champions Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy climbed up a spot to achieve their all-time career-high rank of world No. 2.
The Indian men’s doubles duo have won three BWF World Tour titles this year including the Indonesia Open (Super 1000), Korea Open (Super 500) and the Swiss Open (Super 300).
Chirag-Satwik are also unbeaten currently for 10 matches on the BWF World Tour and are yet to lose a final this year.
The Indian badminton players claimed the Korea Open title on Sunday by beating world No. 1 duo Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto of Indonesia in the final.
In April, Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy also claimed the men’s doubles title at the Badminton Asia Championships in Dubai for India’s first title since 1965.
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