Lakshya moves to career-best sixth place

Kuala Lumpur, Nov 8: Indian badminton player Lakshya Sen moved up two spots to attain his career-best sixth position in the men’s singles category in the latest BWF World Rankings, released on Tuesday.
Lakshya broke into the top 10 earlier this year after winning the India Open BWF Super 500 tournament in January and a silver at the All England Open BWF Super 1000 tournament in March.
Also, Kidambi Srikanth, who won the silver medal at the world badminton championships last year, and an in-form HS Prannoy, held on to their world No 11 and No 12 rankings, respectively.
Meanwhile, India’s top men’s doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, who became the first Indian doubles team to win a Super 750 tournament, climbed to get their career-best world No 7 spot. (PTI)