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Sourabh Verma achieves career-best BWF ranking

Sourabh had a great season where he bagged two BWF Super 100 titles at Hyderabad and Vietnam besides winning the Slovenia International series in May.

IANS | New Delhi | December 3, 2019 7:46 pm

Sourabh Verma achieves career-best BWF ranking

After finishing runner-up in the just concluded Syed Modi International, Indian shuttler Sourabh Verma on Tuesday achieved a career-best ranking of world number 29 in the latest BWF ranking.

Sourabh had a great season where he bagged two BWF Super 100 titles at Hyderabad and Vietnam besides winning the Slovenia International series in May.

On Sunday, Sourabh, a three-time national champion, lost to Taiwan’s Wang Tzu Wei in the Syed Modi badminton final.

Woman shuttler Ashmita Chaliha too, made a great jump of 18 spots to enter into the top 100.

Kidambi Srikanth and B Sai Praneeth remained static at world no 12 and 11 respectively.

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Indonesia Masters: Kidambi Srikanth, Sourabh Verma crash out in opening round

Kidambi Srikanth went down to local favourite Shesar Hiren Rhustavito 21-18, 12-21, 14-21 in a match lasting one hour and three minutes.

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Sourabh Verma storms into Syed Modi final

After winning the first set comfortably within just 20 minutes, the 26-year-old saw tough competition from Kwang Hee in the next before going down 16-21.

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Syed Modi International: Kidambi Srikanth, Sourabh Verma enter quarterfinals

The Women's duo of Simran Singhi and Ritika Thaker made it to the quarterfinals after beating compatriots Riya Mookerjee and Anura Prabhudesai 21-12, 21-15.