Lakshya Sen moves up 7 places in world rankings to no. 12
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New Delhi: Star Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen rose seven positions to take up the 12th spot in the most recent Badminton World Federation (BWF) world rankings released on Tuesday, riding the wave of his astonishing victory at the Canada Open.
The 21-year-old Sen had dished out a badminton masterpiece to beat All England champion Li Shi Feng 21-18, 22-20 in a thrilling summit clash on Sunday in Calgary, Canada, to notch up his second BWF Super 500 title.
With 54,901 points to his kitty, Sen is the second highest-ranked Indian after HS Prannoy, who lost one place to be at the ninth spot with 67,677 points. Sen is the highest mover in the latest rankings.
Feng also moved up three places to seventh.
Denmark's Viktor Axelsen still leads the chart with 1,01,205 points, followed by Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (95,661) of Indonesia and Kodai Naraoka (62,063) of Japan.
With PTI inputs