Ajay Jayaram Climbs up to 25th in World Ranking Following Korea Open Success
Ajay Jayaram gains seven places to be at the 25th spot in the world badminton ranking, after finishing runner-up in the Korea Open Super Series. Saina Nehwal maintain No. 1 position in women's singles.
Riding on his stupendous performance in the Korea Open Super series, Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram has climbed up seven places to be ranked world No. 25 in the latest rankings issued by the Badminton World Federation on Thursday. (Ajay Jayaram loses to world No.1 Chen Long in Korea Open final)
Jayaram's runner-up finish at the $600,000 Korea Open has helped him re-enter the top-25. In the final of the Super Series event at Seoul, Jayaram lost to defending champion and World No. 1 Chen Long of China. (Jayaram comes back from injury to shine in Korea Open)
He had also reached the semi-finals of Russian Open, Swiss Open and Malaysia Masters -- all Grand Prix level tournaments -- earlier this year.
Meanwhile, K Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap have managed to retain their fifth and eighth positions, respectively in the men's singles rankings.
H.S. Prannoy, however, has dropped a spot to be at 16th the position.
In women's singles, star Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal is still heading the chart, while P.V. Sindhu is static at 13.
Women's doubles pair Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa have also managed to retain their No.11 spot, while men's doubles duo of Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy are stagnant at No.19. No Indian combination figure in the top-25 list of mixed doubles.