Sourabh Verma, a
three-time national champion, entered his maiden final of a Super 300 event at
Lucknow before losing to Chinese Taipei’s Wang Tzu Wei.
Riding on
his runners-up finish at the Syed Modi International, Indian shuttler Sourabh
Verma on Tuesday achieved a career-best ranking of world no.29 in the latest
BWF ranking.
The 26-year-old from Madhya Pradesh, who
had reached world no.30 in 2012, had a decent season in which he claimed two
BWF Super 100 titles at Hyderabad and Vietnam and also won the Slovenia
International series in May.
On Sunday, Sourabh, a three-time national
champion, entered his maiden final of a Super 300 event at Lucknow before
losing to Chinese Taipei’s Wang Tzu Wei.
However, his progress to the summit clash
saw him jump seven places and grab the 29th spot.
India thus became the only country to have
six shuttlers inside the top 30. China is next best with five players inside
the top 30.
Among others, young woman shuttler Ashmita
Chaliha, who had won the Tata Open India International Challenge and Dubai
Interntaional Challenge last year, also made a massive jump of 18 places to
break into the top 100.
The 20-year-old from Guwahati had reached
the pre-quarterfinals at Lucknow last week in her only appearance in a Super
300 tournament.
She had earlier entered semifinals of
White Nights International challenge in July this year.
There was no change in the ranking of top
players P V Sindhu (World No 6) and Saina Nehwal (world no 10), who had skipped
the Syed Modi International.
Kidambi Srikanth and B Sai Praneeth, who
lost in the quarters and second round last week, also remained static at world
no 12 and 11 respectively.
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