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Lakshya Sen slips six locations to World No. 25 in World Badminton rankings

Following a poor displaying on the All England Championship, India’s prime shuttler Lakshya Sen fell six locations to World No. 25 within the newest BWF males’s singles rankings launched on Tuesday.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Mar 21, 2023 23:14 IST

Lakshya Sen slips six locations to World No. 25 in World Badminton rankings (AP Photo)

By India Today Sports Desk: Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen slipped out of the world’s prime 20 within the newest males’s singles rankings launched by the BWF on Tuesday. Sen dropped to twenty fifth place after exiting the All England Championship within the second spherical.

Sen was knocked out of the All England Open 2023 males’s singles occasion after shedding in straight video games to Anders Antonsen of Denmark at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena. Lakshya, who misplaced to Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen within the All England Open remaining final 12 months, was defeated within the spherical of 16 of the BWF Super 1000 occasion by world No. 18 Anders Antonsen 21-13, 21-15.

Lakshya, who reached a career-high world no. 6 in November final 12 months, hasn’t been in the perfect of type, having exited the Malaysia Open, India Open, and German Open early. Sen had a blistering begin to the season on the European circuit final 12 months, profitable the India Open and reaching the finals of the German Open and All England Open.

H S Prannoy continued to stay regular on the ninth spot, whereas Kidambi Srikanth regained his prime 20 spots after climbing two positions. In ladies’s singles, PV Sindhu stayed within the ninth spot, whereas Saina Nehwal, who had skipped the All England Championships, slipped 5 locations to thirty second spot.

The males’s pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty continued on the sixth spot, whereas’s the ladies mixture of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand misplaced a rung to be on the 18th place, regardless of a semifinal end final week.

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Mar 21, 2023

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