{"id":33573,"date":"2021-02-03T16:27:06","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T10:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/?p=33573"},"modified":"2021-02-03T16:27:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T10:57:06","slug":"first-indian-mixed-doubles-pair-to-break-into-worlds-top-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/first-indian-mixed-doubles-pair-to-break-into-worlds-top-20\/","title":{"rendered":"First Indian mixed doubles pair to break into world\u2019s top 20!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>India\u2019s top mixed double pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa have bettered their rankings. They have entered the world\u2019s top 20 in the BWF rankings. The pair who had stormed into the semis of the Toyota Thailand Open Super 1000 tourney had jumped 16 places to reach their career-best ranking.<\/p>\n<p>Similar, the pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy in men\u2019s doubles semis scripted history in the same tournament having ranked 10. While in women\u2019s singles PV Sindhu holds 7<sup>th<\/sup> rank, Saina has moved from 20<sup>th<\/sup> to the 19<sup>th<\/sup> rank. In Men\u2019s singles, Srikanth 13, Sai Praneeth 17, Kashyap 26 and Sameer Varma is in 27<sup>th<\/sup> rank.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the Tokyo Olympics qualifiers for the Swiss Open Super 300 tourney begins from March 2<sup>nd<\/sup> to 7<sup>th<\/sup>. Later, post the Indian Open which is held in May, the World Badminton Federation would release the rankings based on which the players would be eligible to take part in the Tokyo Olympics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India\u2019s top mixed double pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa have bettered their rankings. They have entered the world\u2019s top 20 in the BWF rankings. The pair who had stormed into the semis of the Toyota Thailand Open Super 1000 tourney had jumped 16 places to reach their career-best ranking. 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