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Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen’s hopes of creating the minimize at Paris obtained a lift as he grabbed the fifteenth place in the most recent Olympic Games Qualification rankings following his semifinal end finally week’s French Open badminton match.
The 22-year-old from Almora had reached a career-best rating of world quantity six in November 2022 however noticed his rankings plummet to world No. 25 in April final 12 months. He recovered to eleventh spot by August however fell to twenty early this 12 months following a collection of early exits.
Things weren’t wanting good after his first-round losses in Malaysia Super 1000 and India Super 750 as he stayed world No. 19 in the Olympic Games qualification for a number of weeks however a semifinal end on the Super 750 occasion in the French capital final week noticed him take his tally to 74,897 factors.
The 2021 World Championships bronze medallist additionally climbed a spot to world quantity 18 in the BWF World rankings issued on Tuesday.
However, the 2023 World Championships bronze medallist HS Prannoy slipped to eighth in the world rating in addition to in the Olympic Games qualification following his first-round loss final week, although he nonetheless stays the top-ranked Indian singles participant in the race, whereas Kidambi Srikanth is ranked twenty sixth.
The top-16 in the world by April-end will make the minimize for the Olympics.
Among others, two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu (60,742), who completed on the quarterfinal stage in Paris final week, was ranked thirteenth in Paris qualification.
In ladies’s doubles, the race to Paris is heating up with Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Jolly at twentieth spot, six locations forward of compatriots Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand.
In the BWF world rating, nevertheless, Treesa and Gayatri have toppled Ashwini-Tanisha to twenty second spot.
French Open champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are ranked world primary in BWF World rating however are positioned second in the Olympic Games qualification.
