London 2012 Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal held the previous record for the most weeks as world No. 1 for an Indian badminton player. She climbed up to the No. 1 rank in the badminton rankings on August 18, 2015, and remained there till October 21, 2015, for nine weeks.
The women’s team that won the historic Badminton Asia Team Championship (BATC) crown last month will get Rs 35 lakh, Asian Games gold medalist men’s doubles combination of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are awarded Rs 12 lakh, Asian Games men’s singles bronze medalist HS Prannoy will receive Rs 5 lakh while the men’s team that bagged the 2022 Asian Games silver for the first time will collectively get a prize sum of INR 40 lakh.
The Indian pair secured a 21-18, 21-14 against Tokyo Olympics bronze medallists Chia and Wooi Yik and progressed to the final of the BWF 750 Series badminton tournament.
