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Badminton: Satwik-Ashwini reach career-high ranking of 19, Sindhu remains at No 7 in singles India’s mixed doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa has broken into the top 20 of the BWF rankings for the first time. File image of Indian badminton players Ashwini Ponnappa and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy | Reuters India’s mixed doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa was rewarded for its impressive show at the recent-concluded Asia leg as it broke into the world’s top 20 in the latest BWF rankings announced on Tuesday. Satwik and Ashw...

New Delhi: India’s mixed doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa was rewarded for its stupendous show at the recent-concluded Asia leg as it broke into the world’s top 20 in the latest BWF rankings announced on Tuesday. Satwik and Ashwini, who had become the first Indian mixed doubles pair to reach the semifinals of a world tour Super 1000 event at the Toyota Thailand Open, jumped 16 places to reach a career-best ranking of world number 19. The duo had stunned fifth seeded Malaysian combination of Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying in the quarterfinals. In the men’s d...

Following the disappointing outings at two Thailand Open tournaments recently, national top men’s singles player, Lee Zii Jia (pic) has to focus on building his self-confidence for the coming BWF World Tour Finals starting at Impact Arena, Bangkok on Wednesday

Sindhu's slump, Satwik's rise, Srikanth's promise: What we learned from two weeks in Thailand PV Sindhu suffered a tame defeat against Ratchanok Intanon.  Shi Tang/Getty Images After a slow start at the Yonex Thailand Open, some of India's best badminton players put in impressive displays at the Toyota Thailand Open. While India's wait for a World Tour 1000 title continues, there were some players who stood out. Here are the marks out of ten (only players who won a minimum of one match have been marked): Satwiksairaj Rankireddy: 9.5 Toyota Thailand Open: Semi final (men's doubles), semi fina...

Ratchanok reaches badminton semi-finals Ratchanok reaches badminton semi-finals BADMINTON: Women’s singles star Ratchanok Intanon and mixed doubles duo Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai booked places in the semi-finals of the Toyota Thailand Open yesterday (Jan 22). Women’s singles fourth seed Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand. Photo: Bangkok Post. They are Thailand’s only players remaining in the US$1 million (B30mn) tournament at Impact Arena, Muang Thong Thani. In yesterday’s mixed doubles quarter-finals, top seeds Dechapol and Sapsiree came from behind to beat South K...